CVE-2016-6797

HighCVSS 7.5/10Last modified Oct 8, 2026

Description

The ResourceLinkFactory implementation 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 did not limit web application access to global JNDI resources to those resources explicitly linked to the web application. Therefore, it was possible for a web application to access any global JNDI resource whether an explicit ResourceLink had been configured or not.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 7.5/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-863

Affected software

VendorProductVersions
Apache Software FoundationApache Tomcat9.0.0.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; 6.0.0 to 6.0.45

References

Timeline

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

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CVE-2016-6797: High severity, CVSS 7.5 | Vulnix