{"cve":"CVE-2009-2902","nvd":{"published":"2010-01-28T20:30:01.323","modified":"2026-06-16T23:10:27.910","status":"Modified","description":"Directory traversal vulnerability in Apache Tomcat 5.5.0 through 5.5.28 and 6.0.0 through 6.0.20 allows remote attackers to delete work-directory files via directory traversal sequences in a WAR filename, as demonstrated by the ...war filename.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-22"],"references":["http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c02241113","http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Mar/msg00001.html","http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-04/msg00001.html","http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-12/msg00089.html","http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-12/msg00090.html"],"products":["apache:tomcat"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:55:32.599380760+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2009-2902","score":0.10741,"percentile":0.95826,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[{"id":"GHSA-8wch-9gcg-v2pr","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-8wch-9gcg-v2pr","summary":"Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') in Apache Tomcat","modified":"2024-02-21T17:35:45Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"Maven","name":"org.apache.tomcat:tomcat","purl":"pkg:maven/org.apache.tomcat/tomcat","ranges":[">=5.5.0 <5.5.29"],"fixed":["5.5.29"]},{"ecosystem":"Maven","name":"org.apache.tomcat:tomcat","purl":"pkg:maven/org.apache.tomcat/tomcat","ranges":[">=6.0.0 <6.0.24"],"fixed":["6.0.24"]}]}],"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."]}