CVE-2016-6796

high
Published 2017-08-11 · Modified 2024-11-28
CVSS v3
7.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CVSS v2
5.0
VIR risk
7.5

Description

Apache Tomcat vulnerable to SecurityManager bypass

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
83%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-6796.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: security@apache.org — https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
suse slesaffected
debian debian8.0affected
redhat rhel7.0affected
redhat rhel7.4affected
redhat rhel7.5affected
redhat rhel7.6affected
redhat rhel7.7affected
ubuntu ubuntu16.04affected

Package impact

EcosystemPackageVulnerableFixed
java Mavenorg.apache.tomcat:tomcat>=9.0.0.M1,<9.0.0.M109.0.0.M10
java Mavenorg.apache.tomcat:tomcat>=8.5.0,<8.5.58.5.5
java Mavenorg.apache.tomcat:tomcat>=8.0.0.RC1,<8.0.378.0.37
java Mavenorg.apache.tomcat:tomcat>=7.0.0,<7.0.717.0.71
java Mavenorg.apache.tomcat:tomcat>=6.0.0,<6.0.466.0.46

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
apache apachetomcat{"startIncluding":"6.0.0","endIncluding":"6.0.45"}
apache apachetomcat9.0.0
netapponcommand_insight-
netapponcommand_shift-
netappsnap_creator_framework-
oracletekelec_platform_distribution7.4.0
oracletekelec_platform_distribution7.7.1
redhatjboss_enterprise_application_platform6.4
redhatjboss_enterprise_web_server3.0.0

References

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.