CVE-2024-21733 Apache Tomcat HTTP Request Smuggling

CVE-2024-21733 Apache Tomcat HTTP Request Smuggling

Our security research team recently discovered a critical “0day” vulnerability which was assigned CVE-2024-21733. The vulnerability was discovered by xer0dayz from Sn1perSecurity LLC and allows attackers to force a victim’s browser to de-synchronize its connection with websites hosted on top of Apache Tomcat, causing sensitive data to be smuggled from the server and/or client connections. In some cases, this can leak sensitive data such as clear-text credentials.

Severity: CRITICAL | Exploit Available: Yes | Exploitability: Easy | Remotely Exploitable: Yes

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