{"cve":"CVE-2008-2938","nvd":{"published":"2008-08-13T00:41:00.000","modified":"2026-06-16T22:54:46.543","status":"Modified","description":"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 6.0.16 as the last affected version.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-22"],"references":["http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Oct/msg00001.html","http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-09/msg00004.html","http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00002.html","http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=123376588623823&w=2","http://secunia.com/advisories/31639"],"products":["apache:tomcat"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:52:44.811608366+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2008-2938","score":0.99708,"percentile":0.99952,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[{"id":"GHSA-m7xj-ccqc-p4g2","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-m7xj-ccqc-p4g2","summary":"Apache Tomcat Directory Traversal vulnerability","modified":"2024-02-23T18:56:54.165127Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"Maven","name":"org.apache.tomcat:tomcat","purl":"pkg:maven/org.apache.tomcat/tomcat","ranges":[">=4.1.0 <4.1.39"],"fixed":["4.1.39"]},{"ecosystem":"Maven","name":"org.apache.tomcat:tomcat","purl":"pkg:maven/org.apache.tomcat/tomcat","ranges":[">=5.5.0 <5.5.27"],"fixed":["5.5.27"]},{"ecosystem":"Maven","name":"org.apache.tomcat:tomcat","purl":"pkg:maven/org.apache.tomcat/tomcat","ranges":[">=6.0.0 <6.0.18"],"fixed":["6.0.18"]}]}],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}