CVE-2016-0714
The session-persistence implementation in Apache Tomcat 6.x before 6.0.45, 7.x before 7.0.68, 8.x before 8.0.31, and 9.x before 9.0.0.M2 mishandles session attributes, which allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended SecurityManager…
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 13.1%, higher than 96% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
The session-persistence implementation in Apache Tomcat 6.x before 6.0.45, 7.x before 7.0.68, 8.x before 8.0.31, and 9.x before 9.0.0.M2 mishandles session attributes, which allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended SecurityManager restrictions and execute arbitrary code in a privileged context via a web application that places a crafted object in a session.
- CVSS 3.0
- 8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 13.08% probability · 96th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-264
- Affected
- apache/tomcat · debian/debian linux · canonical/ubuntu linux
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
EPSS 13.1% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00047.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00069.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00082.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00085.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=145974991225029&w=2
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1089.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2045.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2599.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2807.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2808.html
- http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2016/Feb/145
- http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1725263
- http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1725914
- http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1726196
- http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1726203
- http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1726923
- http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1727034
- http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1727166
- http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1727182
- http://tomcat.apache.org/security-6.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://tomcat.apache.org/security-7.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://tomcat.apache.org/security-8.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://tomcat.apache.org/security-9.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3530
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3552
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3609
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2018-4258247.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2016-2881722.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2017-3236626.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.