
CVE catalog
CVE-2016-0714
The session-persistence implementation in Apache Tomcat 6.x before 6.0.45, 7.x before 7.0.68, 8.x before 8.0.31, and 9.x before 9.0.0.M2 mishandles session attributes, which allows remote authenticate
- Severity
- High · CVSS 8.8
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Published
- Updated
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 13.08% · Oct 25, 2026
The session-persistence implementation in Apache Tomcat 6.x before 6.0.45, 7.x before 7.0.68, 8.x before 8.0.31, and 9.x before 9.0.0.M2 mishandles session attributes, which allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended SecurityManager restrictions and execute arbitrary code in a privileged context via a web application that places a crafted object in a session.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | tomcat9 | sid | 9.0.122-1 | not affected |
| Debian | tomcat9 | forky | 9.0.122-1 | not affected |
| Debian | tomcat9 | trixie | 9.0.95-1 | not affected |
| Debian | tomcat9 | bookworm | 9.0.70-2 | not affected |
| Cpe | tomcat | Not reported | Not reported | unknown |
| Cpe | tomcat | Not reported | Not reported | unknown |
| Cpe | tomcat | Not reported | Not reported | unknown |
| Cpe | tomcat | Not reported | Not reported | unknown |
| Cpe | tomcat | Not reported | Not reported | unknown |
| Cpe | tomcat | Not reported | Not reported | unknown |
| Cpe | tomcat | Not reported | Not reported | unknown |
| Cpe | tomcat | Not reported | Not reported | unknown |
| Cpe | tomcat | Not reported | Not reported | unknown |
| Cpe | tomcat | Not reported | Not reported | unknown |
| Cpe | tomcat | Not reported | Not reported | unknown |
| Cpe | tomcat | Not reported | Not reported | unknown |
| Cpe | tomcat | Not reported | Not reported | unknown |
| Cpe | tomcat | Not reported | Not reported | unknown |
| Cpe | tomcat | Not reported | Not reported | unknown |
| Cpe | tomcat | Not reported | Not reported | unknown |
| Cpe | tomcat | Not reported | Not reported | unknown |
| Cpe | tomcat | Not reported | Not reported | unknown |
| Cpe | tomcat | Not reported | Not reported | unknown |
| Cpe | tomcat | Not reported | Not reported | unknown |
| Ubuntu | tomcat6 | 14.04 | 6.0.37-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | tomcat6 | 14.04 | 6.0.39-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | tomcat6 | 14.04 | 6.0.39-1ubuntu0.1 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | tomcat7 | 14.04 | 7.0.42-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | tomcat7 | 14.04 | 7.0.47-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | tomcat7 | 14.04 | 7.0.50-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | tomcat7 | 14.04 | 7.0.52-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | tomcat7 | 14.04 | 7.0.52-1ubuntu0.1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | tomcat7 | 14.04 | 7.0.52-1ubuntu0.3 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | tomcat7 | 14.04 | 7.0.52-1ubuntu0.6 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | tomcat6 | 16.04 | 6.0.41-4 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | tomcat6 | 16.04 | 6.0.45+dfsg-1 | fixed |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | tomcat9 | source | sid | Not affected | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | tomcat9 | source | forky | Not affected | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | tomcat9 | source | trixie | Not affected | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | tomcat9 | source | bookworm | Not affected | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | tomcat6 | deb | 14.04 | 6.0.39-1ubuntu0.1 | Not reported | UBUNTU-CVE-2016-0714 | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | tomcat7 | deb | 14.04 | 7.0.52-1ubuntu0.6 | Not reported | UBUNTU-CVE-2016-0714 | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | tomcat6 | deb | 16.04 | 6.0.45+dfsg-1 | Not reported | UBUNTU-CVE-2016-0714 | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]
- [libtomcat9-java]Not affected
Source package: [tomcat9]
Details (2)
9.0.70-2· all · bookwormNot affected
nvd · tomcat9 · debian · bookworm
9.0.70-2· all · bookwormNot affected
nvd · tomcat9 · debian · bookworm
Observed:
References
- [https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:2807]
- [https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf/rhsa-2016_2599.json]
- [https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-0714]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-0714]
- [https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-0714]
- [https://wid.cert-bund.de/.well-known/csaf/white/2017/wid-sec-w-2024-1277.json]
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