Rapid7’s 2026 Global Cybersecurity Summit is now available on-demand.Watch sessions.
Rapid7

vulnerability

Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2016-5018: Security patch for tomcat6, tomcat7, tomcat8 (ALAS-2016-764)

Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N)
Published
Nov 10, 2016
Added
Nov 11, 2016
Modified
Oct 14, 2022

Description

In Apache Tomcat 9.0.0.M1 to 9.0.0.M9, 8.5.0 to 8.5.4, 8.0.0.RC1 to 8.0.36, 7.0.0 to 7.0.70 and 6.0.0 to 6.0.45 a malicious web application was able to bypass a configured SecurityManager via a Tomcat utility method that was accessible to web applications.

Solutions

amazon-linux-upgrade--tomcat7amazon-linux-upgrade--tomcat8amazon-linux-upgrade-tomcat6
Title
Rapid7 Labs

2026 Global Threat Landscape Report

The predictive window has collapsed. Exploitation follows disclosure in days. See how attackers are accelerating and how to stay ahead.