GHSA-wxcp-f2c8-x6xv · Severity: medium · Ecosystem: maven — Observable Discrepancy in Apache Tomcat
The Realm implementations in Apache Tomcat versions 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 did not process the supplied password if the supplied user name did not exist. This made a timing attack possible to determine valid user names. Note that the default configuration includes the LockOutRealm which makes exploitation of this vulnerability harder.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2016-0762 is rated Moderate Risk (46.5/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.50%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.
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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 | 2026-03-28 | 0.72% | 0.50% | -0.22% |
| 2 | 2026-03-13 | 1.08% | 0.72% | -0.36% |
| 3 | 2026-02-18 | — | 1.08% | — |
Full EPSS history (21 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5.9 | 3.1 | MEDIUM |
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2.2 | 3.6 | [email protected] |
| 4.3 | 2.0 | MEDIUM |
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8.6 | 2.9 | [email protected] |
GHSA-wxcp-f2c8-x6xv · Severity: medium · Ecosystem: maven — Observable Discrepancy in Apache Tomcat
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
redhat
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low | — | https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-0762 |
suse
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low | CVE-2016-0762 severity low: SUSE including 72 source package names (tomcat-7.0.76-2.el7, tomcat-7.0.78-7.13.4, …), 166 product×package rows across 19 product lines (SUSE Liberty Linux 7, SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5, … (19 product lines)): Fixed 166. | https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-0762/ |
ubuntu
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low | CVE-2016-0762 low priority: Ubuntu including 3 source packages (tomcat6, tomcat7, tomcat8), 30 status rows across 10 suites (artful, bionic, cosmic, focal, precise, trusty, upstream, xenial, yakkety, zesty): DNE 10, not-affected 8, released 8, ignored 4. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-0762 |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| apache | tomcat | >= 6.0.0, <= 6.0.45 | cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| apache | tomcat | >= 7.0.0, <= 7.0.70 | cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| apache | tomcat | >= 8.0, <= 8.0.36 | cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| apache | tomcat | >= 8.5.0, <= 8.5.4 | cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| apache | tomcat | 9.0.0 | cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:9.0.0:milestone1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| apache | tomcat | 9.0.0 | cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:9.0.0:milestone2:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| apache | tomcat | 9.0.0 | cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:9.0.0:milestone3:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| apache | tomcat | 9.0.0 | cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:9.0.0:milestone4:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| apache | tomcat | 9.0.0 | cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:9.0.0:milestone5:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| apache | tomcat | 9.0.0 | cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:9.0.0:milestone6:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| apache | tomcat | 9.0.0 | cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:9.0.0:milestone7:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| apache | tomcat | 9.0.0 | cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:9.0.0:milestone8:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| apache | tomcat | 9.0.0 | cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:9.0.0:milestone9:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | 16.04 | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:* |
| debian | debian_linux | 8.0 | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| redhat | jboss_enterprise_web_server | 3.0.0 | cpe:2.3:a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_web_server:3.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_desktop | 7.0 | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_eus | 7.4 | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_eus | 7.5 | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_eus | 7.6 | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_eus | 7.7 | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:7.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_server | 7.0 | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_server_aus | 7.4 | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_server_aus | 7.6 | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_server_aus | 7.7 | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_server_tus | 7.6 | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_tus:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_server_tus | 7.7 | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_tus:7.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_workstation | 7.0 | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| netapp | oncommand_insight | — | cpe:2.3:a:netapp:oncommand_insight:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| netapp | oncommand_shift | — | cpe:2.3:a:netapp:oncommand_shift:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| netapp | snap_creator_framework | — | cpe:2.3:a:netapp:snap_creator_framework:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| oracle | communications_diameter_signaling_router | >= 8.0.0, <= 8.5.0 | cpe:2.3:a:oracle:communications_diameter_signaling_router:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| oracle | tekelec_platform_distribution | >= 7.4.0, <= 7.7.1 | cpe:2.3:a:oracle:tekelec_platform_distribution:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |