Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor in Apache Tomcat
Apache Tomcat before 6.0.39, 7.x before 7.0.50, and 8.x before 8.0.0-RC10 allows attackers to obtain "Tomcat internals" information by leveraging the presence of an untrusted web application with a context.xml, web.xml, *.jspx, *.tagx, or *.tld XML document containing an external entity declaration in conjunction with an entity reference, related to an XML External Entity (XXE) issue.
Affected software
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| Platform | Package | Vulnerable versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| Java / Kotlin (Maven) | org.apache.tomcat:tomcat | < 6.0.39, >= 7.0.0, < 7.0.50, >= 8.0.0-RC1, < 8.0.0-RC10 | 6.0.39, 7.0.50, 8.0.0-RC10 |
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-4590
- https://github.com/apache/tomcat/commit/05c84ff8304a69a30b251f207a7b93c2c882564d
- https://github.com/apache/tomcat/commit/78dd7e6f3d8481bc3bcd71ca5b20296de1283888
- https://github.com/apache/tomcat/commit/b9e06ead01984483af73f48e7861bc7897f5e84f
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1069911
- https://github.com/apache/tomcat
- https://h20564.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c04851013
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/37220405a377c0182d2afdbc36461c4783b2930fbeae3a17f1333113@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/39ae1f0bd5867c15755a6f959b271ade1aea04ccdc3b2e639dcd903b@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/b84ad1258a89de5c9c853c7f2d3ad77e5b8b2930be9e132d5cef6b95@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/b8a1bf18155b552dcf9a928ba808cbadad84c236d85eab3033662cfb@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r03c597a64de790ba42c167efacfa23300c3d6c9fe589ab87fe02859c@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r587e50b86c1a96ee301f751d50294072d142fd6dc08a8987ae9f3a9b@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0148.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=144498216801440&w=2
- http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1549528
- http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1549529
- http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1558828
- http://tomcat.apache.org/security-6.html
- http://tomcat.apache.org/security-7.html
- http://tomcat.apache.org/security-8.html
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21667883
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21675886
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21677147
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21678231
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3530
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2016-2881722.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuoct2014-1972960.html
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2014-0008.html
- Weakness (CWE)
CWE-200- Platform
- Java / Kotlin (Maven)
- Package
org.apache.tomcat:tomcat- Disclosed
- 14.05.2022
- Updated
- 11.10.2026 12:21
Sources and licenses
OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-87w9-x2c3-hrjj - CC BY 4.0
Vulnerability history: org.apache.tomcat:tomcat
All published vulnerabilities of this package (Java / Kotlin (Maven)), newest first. Shows whether this is a one-off slip or a package that needs watching.
- Total entries
- 162
- First → latest
- 12.2018 08.2026
- Without a fix
- 20
- Exploited in attacks
- 1
Severity breakdown
- Critical 8
- High 40
- Medium 102
- Low 12
Disclosures per year
- 2018: 1
- 2019: 1
- 2020: 2
- 2021: 5
- 2022: 125
- 2023: 3
- 2024: 2
- 2025: 4
- 2026: 19
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