vulnerability
Apache Tomcat: Low: Security Manager Bypass (CVE-2016-5018)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N) | Aug 10, 2017 | Aug 10, 2017 | Jun 19, 2026 |
Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N)
Published
Aug 10, 2017
Added
Aug 10, 2017
Modified
Jun 19, 2026
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
apache-tomcat-upgrade-6_0_47apache-tomcat-upgrade-7_0_72apache-tomcat-upgrade-8_0_37apache-tomcat-upgrade-8_5_5apache-tomcat-upgrade-9_0_0apache-tomcat-6_0apache-tomcat-7_0apache-tomcat-8_0apache-tomcat-8_5apache-tomcat-9_0apache-tomcat-upgrade-latest
References
Rapid7 Labs
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