Mark,

On 8/22/23 15:22, ma...@apache.org wrote:
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markt pushed a commit to branch cve-2023-41080
in repository https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf/tomcat.git

commit e3703c9abb8fe0d5602f6ba8a8f11d4b6940815a
Author: Mark Thomas <ma...@apache.org>
AuthorDate: Tue Aug 22 11:31:23 2023 -0700

     Avoid protocol relative redirects
---
  java/org/apache/catalina/authenticator/FormAuthenticator.java | 6 ++++++
  webapps/docs/changelog.xml                                    | 3 +++
  2 files changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/java/org/apache/catalina/authenticator/FormAuthenticator.java 
b/java/org/apache/catalina/authenticator/FormAuthenticator.java
index 5487ec87a8..9dd5635ca8 100644
--- a/java/org/apache/catalina/authenticator/FormAuthenticator.java
+++ b/java/org/apache/catalina/authenticator/FormAuthenticator.java
@@ -742,6 +742,12 @@ public class FormAuthenticator extends AuthenticatorBase {
              sb.append('?');
              sb.append(saved.getQueryString());
          }
+
+        // Avoid protocol relative redirects
+        while (sb.length() > 1 && sb.charAt(1) == '/') {
+            sb.deleteCharAt(0);
+        }

Are there any previous guarantees that sb.charAt(0) is a '/'?

I'm wondering if we shouldn't just blindly delete the first character instead of the second.

Unrelated, I wonder if this method still needs a StringBuilder at all.

-chris

diff --git a/webapps/docs/changelog.xml b/webapps/docs/changelog.xml
index e4d3072d31..a45195dfc1 100644
--- a/webapps/docs/changelog.xml
+++ b/webapps/docs/changelog.xml
@@ -125,6 +125,9 @@
          exceptions. As a consequence, the <code>FailedRequestFilter</code> has
          been removed. (markt)
        </add>
+      <fix>
+        Avoid protocol relative redirects in FORM authentication. (markt)
+      </fix>
      </changelog>
    </subsection>
    <subsection name="Web applications">


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