Critical, CVSS 9.1MavenPublished
Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel in Apache Tomcat
CVE-2016-5018 · GHSA-4v3g-g84w-hv7r
- Affected
- Maven org.apache.tomcat:jasper >= 6.0.0, <= 6.0.45
- Fixed in
- 6.0.47· Vendor fix available
- Issue
- 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.
Recommended action: Upgrade to 6.0.47 or later, then redeploy and verify.A vendor fix does not resolve your finding until you verify it in your own systems.