CVE-2021-33037

Incorrect Transfer-Encoding handling with HTTP/1.0

Published Jul 12, 2021 CVSS 3.1 · 5.3 Medium EPSS 74.7% KEV · Not listed
Description
Apache Tomcat 10.0.0-M1 to 10.0.6, 9.0.0.M1 to 9.0.46 and 8.5.0 to 8.5.66 did not correctly parse the HTTP transfer-encoding request header in some circumstances leading to the possibility to request smuggling when used with a reverse proxy. Specifically: - Tomcat incorrectly ignored the transfer encoding header if the client declared it would only accept an HTTP/1.0 response; - Tomcat honoured the identify encoding; and - Tomcat did not ensure that, if present, the chunked encoding was the final encoding.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-2733-1 tomcat8 security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-4952-1 tomcat9 security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2021-1563 Apache Tomcat 10.0.0-M1 to 10.0.6, 9.0.0.M1 to 9.0.46 and 8.5.0 to 8.5.66 did not correctly parse the HTTP transfer-encoding request header in some circumstances leading to the possibility to request smuggling when used with a reverse proxy. Specifically: - Tomcat incorrectly ignored the transfer encoding header if the client declared it would only accept an HTTP/1.0 response; - Tomcat honoured the identify encoding; and - Tomcat did not ensure that, if present, the chunked encoding was the final encoding.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-4vww-mc66-62m6 HTTP Request Smuggling in Apache Tomcat
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-5360-1 Tomcat vulnerabilities
References
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https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10366 cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r290aee55b72811fd19e75ac80f6143716c079170c5671b96932ed44b%40%3Ccommits.tomee.apache.org%3E cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r40f921575aee8d7d34e53182f862c45cbb8f3d898c9d4e865c2ec262%40%3Ccommits.tomee.apache.org%3E cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r612a79269b0d5e5780c62dfd34286a8037232fec0bc6f1a7e60c9381%40%3Cannounce.tomcat.apache.org%3E cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rc6ef52453bb996a98cb45442871a1db56b7c349939e45d829bf9ae37%40%3Ccommits.tomee.apache.org%3E cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rd0dfea39829bc0606c936a16f6fca338127c86c0a1083970b45ac8d2%40%3Ccommits.tomee.apache.org%3E cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/re01e7e93154e8bdf78a11a23f9686427bd3d51fc6e12c508645567b7%40%3Ccommits.tomee.apache.org%3E cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf1b54fd3f52f998ca4829159a88cc4c23d6cef5c6447d00948e75c97%40%3Ccommits.tomee.apache.org%3E cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/08/msg00009.html cve-icon cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-33037 cve-icon
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-34 cve-icon cve-icon
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210827-0007/ cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-33037 cve-icon
https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4952 cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.html cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.html cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html cve-icon cve-icon
History
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Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
apache
Published
Updated
Oct 8, 2026, 9:13 PM
Reserved
May 17, 2021, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Jul 12, 2021, 3:15 PM
Modified
Oct 8, 2026, 10:17 PM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Jul 12, 2021, 12:00 AM