Vulnerability in Apache Tomcat

CVE-2017-5648

While investigating bug 60718, it was noticed that some calls to application listeners in Apache Tomcat 9.0.0.M1 to 9.0.0.M17, 8.5.0 to 8.5.11, 8.0.0.RC1 to 8.0.41, and 7.0.0 to 7.0.75 did not use the appropriate facade object. When runnin…

EPSS: 0.218 (95.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.1 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-5648?
CVE-2017-5648 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Apache Tomcat, classified under Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere. CVSS score: 9.1/10. Published 2017-04-17.
How severe is CVE-2017-5648?
Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2017-5648 known to be exploited?
5 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.