Security readout for executives and security teams
This is a critical Apache Tomcat remote code execution issue, but only when the JmxRemoteLifecycleListener is enabled and JMX ports are reachable by an attacker. The source bundle marks it as CISA KEV, so treat exposed legacy Tomcat management interfaces as urgent business risk. Highest exposure is older Tomcat with JmxRemoteLifecycleListener enabled and JMX ports reachable from the internet, untrusted networks, or broad internal networks. Legacy packaged Tomcat deployments should be checked against vendor advisory versions. Prioritize remediation where old Tomcat exposes JMX management. KEV status and unauthenticated network CVSS characteristics make this a patch-and-contain-now issue for reachable systems, especially internet-facing or broadly accessible internal services. Mitigation focus: Upgrade Tomcat to the fixed version for the deployed branch or later.; Disable JmxRemoteLifecycleListener where it is not operationally required.; Restrict JMX ports to trusted administrative hosts only..
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Open ATT&CK lookup- Severity
- Critical
- CVSS
- 9.8 (3.1)
- Known Exploited
- Yes
- Published
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H3.95.9Primary CVE scoreVulnerability scoring details
Base CVSS 3.1 score
9.8CriticalVector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180607-0001/CVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
- RHSA-2017:0455CVE reference · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
- RHSA-2017:0456CVE reference · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
- [tomcat-dev] 20190319 svn commit: r1855831 [25/30] - in /tomcat/site/trunk: ./ docs/ xdocs/CVE reference · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST
- [tomcat-dev] 20190319 svn commit: r1855831 [23/30] - in /tomcat/site/trunk: ./ docs/ xdocs/CVE reference · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST
- [tomcat-dev] 20190325 svn commit: r1856174 [22/29] - in /tomcat/site/trunk: docs/ xdocs/ xdocs/stylesheets/CVE reference · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST
- [tomcat-dev] 20190325 svn commit: r1856174 [24/29] - in /tomcat/site/trunk: docs/ xdocs/ xdocs/stylesheets/CVE reference · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST
- [tomcat-dev] 20190325 svn commit: r1856174 [21/29] - in /tomcat/site/trunk: docs/ xdocs/ xdocs/stylesheets/CVE reference · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST
- [tomcat-dev] 20190413 svn commit: r1857494 [17/20] - in /tomcat/site/trunk: ./ docs/ xdocs/CVE reference · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST
- [tomcat-dev] 20190413 svn commit: r1857494 [16/20] - in /tomcat/site/trunk: ./ docs/ xdocs/CVE reference · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST
- [tomcat-dev] 20190413 svn commit: r1857494 [15/20] - in /tomcat/site/trunk: ./ docs/ xdocs/CVE reference · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST
- [tomcat-dev] 20190415 svn commit: r1857582 [17/22] - in /tomcat/site/trunk: docs/ xdocs/stylesheets/CVE reference · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST
- [tomcat-dev] 20190415 svn commit: r1857582 [19/22] - in /tomcat/site/trunk: docs/ xdocs/stylesheets/CVE reference · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST
- [tomcat-dev] 20190415 svn commit: r1857582 [16/22] - in /tomcat/site/trunk: docs/ xdocs/stylesheets/CVE reference · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST
- https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2019-5072813.htmlCVE reference · x_refsource_MISC
- https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2019-5072835.htmlCVE reference · x_refsource_MISC
- [tomcat-dev] 20200203 svn commit: r1873527 [23/30] - /tomcat/site/trunk/docs/CVE reference · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST
- [tomcat-dev] 20200213 svn commit: r1873980 [27/34] - /tomcat/site/trunk/docs/CVE reference · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST
- [tomcat-dev] 20200213 svn commit: r1873980 [26/34] - /tomcat/site/trunk/docs/CVE reference · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST
- USN-4557-1CVE reference · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2016-8735CVE reference · government-resource
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