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Vulnerability · CVE-2008-2938

CVE-2008-2938 is listed by inventory_critical.

Published Aug 13, 2008 · catalog updated Jun 16, 2026 · the affected product

Last checked Nov 3, 2026. A connected source was read within the last 7 days.

Check this week

CVE-2008-2938 is not in CISA KEV. FIRST estimates a 99.71% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Check whether you run the affected product.

Gaps on this record

  • No plain product name is stored. The page cannot tell you which product to check.
  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.

Same product and reporting

Severity
Medium4.3
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
99.71%
Remediation
Version ranges on file
Affected products
cpe apache/tomcat

CVE-2008-2938 is listed by inventory_critical.

Are you affected?

Enter the version you run. The result uses only the ranges stored on this record.

The check returns affected, not affected, or incomplete. It does not guess a version that is missing from the record.

  • cpe apache/tomcat>= 4.0.0, <= 4.1.37
  • cpe apache/tomcat>= 5.0.0, <= 5.5.26
  • cpe apache/tomcat>= 6.0.0, <= 6.0.16

How to fix CVE-2008-2938

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

CVE-2008-2938 is not in CISA KEV. FIRST estimates a 99.71% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Check whether you run the affected product.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with >= 4.0.0, <= 4.1.37, >= 5.0.0, <= 5.5.26, >= 6.0.0, <= 6.0.16. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

CWE-22: Path Traversal. EPSS 99.71%. There is no CISA KEV listing. A public exploit reference is linked in Sources. That is not the same as confirmed exploitation. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Technology hubs

Apache Tomcat security

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Aug 13, 2008 · Monitored products — critical

    Detected

    CVE-2008-2938 is listed by inventory_critical.

  2. Jun 16, 2026 · Monitored products — critical

    Updated

    CVE-2008-2938 is listed by inventory_critical.

Sources

  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2008-2938

    30-day exploitation probability 99.71%

    first.org
  • Monitored products — criticalVendor advisoryCVE-2008-2938

    Directory traversal vulnerability in Apache Tomcat 4.1.0 through 4.1.37, 5.5.0 through 5.5.26, and 6.0.0 through 6.0.16, when allowLinking and UTF-8 are enabled, allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via encoded directory traversal sequences in the URI, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-2370. NOTE: versions earlier than 6.0.18 were reported affected, but the vendor advisory lists 6

    nvd.nist.gov
  • Metasploit ModulesPublic exploit moduleauxiliary_admin/http/tomcat_utf8_traversal

    Public module reference (normal). Module source is not copied into this catalog.

    rapid7.com
  • Metasploit ModulesPublic exploit moduleauxiliary_admin/http/trendmicro_dlp_traversal

    Public module reference (normal). Module source is not copied into this catalog.

    rapid7.com

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Nov 3, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.

  • FIRST EPSSNov 3, 2026
  • Metasploit ModulesNov 3, 2026
  • Metasploit ModulesNov 3, 2026
  • Monitored products — criticalNov 3, 2026