CVE-2016-5018
Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel in Apache Tomcat
9.1
CRITICAL
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.94%
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.
How to fix CVE-2016-5018
To remediate CVE-2016-5018, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 9.0.0.M10 or later
- —upgrade to 6.0.47 or later
- —upgrade to 9.0.0.M10 or later
Is CVE-2016-5018 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.9%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (3)
- >= 9.0.0.M1, < 9.0.0.M10
- >= 6.0.0, < 6.0.47
- >= 9.0.0.M1, < 9.0.0.M10
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | CRITICAL9.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N |