CVE-2016-6796

mediumpriority · track · 33EPSS 0.083 · 95 %ileEUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

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no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

8.32% (95th) EPSS

CVSS 5 · medium

Is it mine?

36 products

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Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd · osv

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

A malicious web application running on 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 was able to bypass a configured SecurityManager via manipulation of the configuration parameters for the JSP Servlet.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.5

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 5–7.5

v2.05mediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 10 · impact 2.9

v3.17.5highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 3.6

v3.17.5highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:Nsecondary · OSV

v3.16.9mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical Impact: partialcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-269USLLM-inferred

affected products (36)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Apache Software Foundation Apache Tomcat≤ 8.5.0 to 8.5.4enisa_euvdEU
Apache Software Foundation Apache Tomcat≤ 8.0.0.RC1 to 8.0.36enisa_euvdEU
Apache Software Foundation Apache Tomcat≤ 7.0.0 to 7.0.70enisa_euvdEU
Apache Software Foundation Apache Tomcat≤ 9.0.0.M1 to 9.0.0.M9enisa_euvdEU
Apache Software Foundation Apache Tomcat≤ 6.0.0 to 6.0.45enisa_euvdEU
apache tomcat6.0.0 → 6.0.45nvdUScpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat7.0.0 → 7.0.70nvdUScpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat8.0 → 8.0.36nvdUScpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat8.5.0 → 8.5.4nvdUScpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat= 9.0.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu linux= 16.04nvdUScpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian linux= 8.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netapp oncommand insightall versionsnvdUScpe:2.3:a:netapp:oncommand_insight:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netapp oncommand shiftall versionsnvdUScpe:2.3:a:netapp:oncommand_shift:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netapp snap creator frameworkall versionsnvdUScpe:2.3:a:netapp:snap_creator_framework:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle tekelec platform distribution= 7.4.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:oracle:tekelec_platform_distribution:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle tekelec platform distribution= 7.7.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:oracle:tekelec_platform_distribution:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise linux desktop= 7.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise linux eus= 7.4nvdUScpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise linux eus= 7.5nvdUScpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

GHSA-3mjp-p938-4329Apache Tomcat vulnerable to SecurityManager bypass2022-05-13ghsa · osvUS
A malicious web application running on 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 was able to bypass a configured SecurityManager via manipulation of the configuration parameters for the JSP Servlet.

also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd nvd osv NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2017-08-11modified 2026-10-08

references (97)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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