CVE-2016-5018

CriticalCVSS 9.1/10Last modified Oct 8, 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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 9.1/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: Aug 10, 2017
Last modified: Oct 8, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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