How severe is CVE-2018-8020?

This vulnerability has a severity rating of HIGH with a CVSS score of 7.4 out of 10.

What type of vulnerability is CVE-2018-8020?

This is classified as CWE-295, which is a common weakness in software security.

CVE-2018-8020 - HIGH Severity | CVSS 7.4

Vulnerability Description

Apache Tomcat Native 1.2.0 to 1.2.16 and 1.1.23 to 1.1.34 has a flaw that does not properly check OCSP pre-produced responses, which are lists (multiple entries) of certificate statuses. Subsequently, revoked client certificates may not be properly identified, allowing for users to authenticate with revoked certificates to connections that require mutual TLS. Users not using OCSP checks are not affected by this vulnerability.

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