CVE-2001-0590

Exp

Apache Software Foundation Tomcat Servlet prior to 3.2.2 allows a remote attacker to read the source code to arbitrary 'jsp' files via a malformed URL request which does not end with an HTTP protocol specification (i.e. HTTP/1.0).

Published: 2001-08-02 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2001-0590 is rated High Exploit Risk (74.2/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 48.30%, 98th percentile). Core evidence: 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +26.46% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2001-0590

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
20716 exploit_db edb 2001-03-28 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2001-0590

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-04-09 21.83% 48.30% +26.46%
2 2025-07-28 17.30% 21.83% +4.53%
3 2025-04-25 17.30%

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2001-0590

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2001-0590

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2001-0590

GHSA-x445-mmpw-7r4f · Severity: medium · Ecosystem: maven — Apache Tomcat Allows Source Disclosure

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2001-0590

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
apache tomcat <= 3.2.2 cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2001-0590

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