GHSA-q6x7-f33r-3wxx · Severity: high · Ecosystem: maven — Incorrect Authorization in Apache Tomcat
The ResourceLinkFactory implementation in 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 did not limit web application access to global JNDI resources to those resources explicitly linked to the web application. Therefore, it was possible for a web application to access any global JNDI resource whether an explicit ResourceLink had been configured or not.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2016-6797 is rated Moderate Risk (49.6/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.34%). 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 | 0.56% | 0.34% | -0.22% |
| 2 | 2025-12-16 | 0.76% | 0.56% | -0.20% |
| 3 | 2025-12-10 | — | 0.76% | — |
Full EPSS history (19 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7.5 | 3.1 | HIGH |
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3.9 | 3.6 | [email protected] |
| 5.0 | 2.0 | MEDIUM |
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10.0 | 2.9 | [email protected] |
GHSA-q6x7-f33r-3wxx · Severity: high · Ecosystem: maven — Incorrect Authorization in Apache Tomcat
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
redhat
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low | — | https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-6797 |
suse
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low | CVE-2016-6797 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-2016-6797/ |
ubuntu
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low | CVE-2016-6797 low priority: Ubuntu including 3 source packages (tomcat6, tomcat7, tomcat8), 69 status rows across 23 suites (artful, bionic, cosmic, disco, eoan, focal, groovy, hirsute, impish, jammy, kinetic, lunar, mantic, noble, oracular, plucky, precise, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial, yakkety, zesty): DNE 49, released 8, not-affected 7, ignored 4, needed 1. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-6797 |
| 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:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| oracle | tekelec_platform_distribution | >= 7.4.0, <= 7.7.1 | cpe:2.3:a:oracle:tekelec_platform_distribution:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| debian | debian_linux | 8.0 | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| 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:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | 16.04 | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:* |
| 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |