CVE-2019-12418

unknown
Published 2019-12-26 · Modified 2026-02-04
CVSS v3
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2
VIR risk

Description

When Apache Tomcat 9.0.0.M1 to 9.0.28, 8.5.0 to 8.5.47, 7.0.0 and 7.0.97 is configured with the JMX Remote Lifecycle Listener, a local attacker without access to the Tomcat process or configuration files is able to manipulate the RMI registry to perform a man-in-the-middle attack to capture user names and passwords used to access the JMX interface. The attacker can then use these credentials to access the JMX interface and gain complete control over the Tomcat instance.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-12418

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-12418.html

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
suse slesaffected
debian debianbookwormfixed9.0.31-1
debian debianbullseyefixed9.0.31-1
debian debianforkyfixed9.0.31-1
debian debiansidfixed9.0.31-1
debian debiantrixiefixed9.0.31-1

Package impact

EcosystemPackageVulnerableFixed
java Mavenorg.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core<7.0.997.0.99
java Mavenorg.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core>=8.0.0,<8.5.498.5.49
java Mavenorg.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core>=9.0.0,<9.0.299.0.29

References

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