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Published Jun. 30, 2025

Is Liferay DXP affected by CVE-2024-38286?

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Brian Suh

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Issue

  • Is Liferay DXP affected by CVE-2024-38286?
  • CVE-2024-38286 is an Apache Tomcat vulnerability wherein Apache Tomcat, under certain configurations on any platform, allows an attacker to cause an OutOfMemoryError by abusing the TLS handshake process.
  • This vulnerability only impacts environments where Tomcat is managing TLS connections. Reading the description the vulnerability, it is exploitable only when Tomcat handles TLS handshakes, this means when Tomcat handles HTTPS. If your HTTPS traffic is not managed by Tomcat but handled by other network component (like web server, load balancer or similar) then the risk is reduced.

Environment

  • Liferay DXP 7.4+
  • Liferay Quarterly Releases

Resolution

  • CVE-2024-38286 is a Tomcat vulnerability that affects the following versions of Apache Tomcat:
    • Apache Tomcat 11.0.0-M1 to 11.0.0-M20
    • Apache Tomcat 10.1.0-M1 to 10.1.24
    • Apache Tomcat 9.0.13 to 9.0.89
  • You can check the version of Tomcat by inspecting ${liferay.home}/tomcat/RELEASE-NOTES
  • If your Tomcat version falls under the versions listed above, you will need to update your Liferay bundle to use a non-vulnerable version of Apache Tomcat, or use a Liferay bundle which includes Apache Tomcat 9.0.90+.
  • Please update your Liferay service version to Liferay DXP 2024.Q2.8 or later, as 2024.Q2.8 is bundled with Tomcat 9.0.90.

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