CVE-2023-41081

Important: Authentication Bypass CVE-2023-41081

The mod_jk component of Apache Tomcat Connectorsin some circumstances, such as when a configuration included"JkOptions +ForwardDirectories" but the configuration did not       provide explicit mounts for all possible proxied requests, mod_jk would       use an implicit mapping and map the request to the first defined worker.Such an implicit mapping could result in the unintended exposure of thestatus worker and/or bypass security constraints configured in httpd. Asof JK 1.2.49, the implicit mapping functionality has been removed and allmappings must now be via explicit configuration.Only mod_jk is affectedby this issue. The ISAPI redirector is not affected.

This issue affects Apache Tomcat Connectors (mod_jk only): from 1.2.0 through 1.2.48.

Users are recommended to upgrade to version 1.2.49, which fixes the issue.

History
2023-09-13 Original advisory

2023-09-28 Updated summary