GHSA-8vmx-qmch-mpqg · Severity: high · Ecosystem: maven — Apache Tomcat OS Command Injection vulnerability
When running on Windows with enableCmdLineArguments enabled, the CGI Servlet in Apache Tomcat 9.0.0.M1 to 9.0.17, 8.5.0 to 8.5.39 and 7.0.0 to 7.0.93 is vulnerable to Remote Code Execution due to a bug in the way the JRE passes command line arguments to Windows. The CGI Servlet is disabled by default. The CGI option enableCmdLineArguments is disable by default in Tomcat 9.0.x (and will be disabled by default in all versions in response to this vulnerability). For a detailed explanation of the JRE behaviour, see Markus Wulftange's blog (https://codewhitesec.blogspot.com/2016/02/java-and-command-line-injections-in-windows.html) and this archived MSDN blog (https://web.archive.org/web/20161228144344/https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/twistylittlepassagesallalike/2011/04/23/everyone-quotes-command-line-arguments-the-wrong-way/).
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2019-0232 is rated High Exploit Risk (82.5/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 94.22%, 100th percentile). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.
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| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 47073 | exploit_db | edb | 2019-07-03 | Exploit-DB ↗ |
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 | 2026-04-30 | 94.05% | 94.22% | +0.17% |
| 2 | 2026-03-28 | 93.84% | 94.05% | +0.21% |
| 3 | 2026-03-11 | — | 93.84% | — |
Full EPSS history (18 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8.1 | 3.0 | HIGH |
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2.2 | 5.9 | [email protected] |
| 9.3 | 2.0 | HIGH |
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8.6 | 10.0 | [email protected] |
GHSA-8vmx-qmch-mpqg · Severity: high · Ecosystem: maven — Apache Tomcat OS Command Injection vulnerability
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
debian
|
unimportant | CVE-2019-0232 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (tomcat9), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. | https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-0232 |
redhat
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high | — | https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-0232 |
ubuntu
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low | CVE-2019-0232 low priority: Ubuntu including 3 source packages (tomcat7, tomcat8, tomcat9), 15 status rows across 5 suites (bionic, cosmic, trusty, upstream, xenial): not-affected 12, DNE 3. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-0232 |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| apache | tomcat | >= 7.0.0, <= 7.0.93 | cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| apache | tomcat | >= 8.5.0, <= 8.5.39 | cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| apache | tomcat | >= 9.0.1, <= 9.0.17 | 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:milestone10:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| apache | tomcat | 9.0.0 | cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:9.0.0:milestone11:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| apache | tomcat | 9.0.0 | cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:9.0.0:milestone12:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| apache | tomcat | 9.0.0 | cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:9.0.0:milestone13:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| apache | tomcat | 9.0.0 | cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:9.0.0:milestone14:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| apache | tomcat | 9.0.0 | cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:9.0.0:milestone15:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| apache | tomcat | 9.0.0 | cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:9.0.0:milestone16:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| apache | tomcat | 9.0.0 | cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:9.0.0:milestone17:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| apache | tomcat | 9.0.0 | cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:9.0.0:milestone18:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| apache | tomcat | 9.0.0 | cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:9.0.0:milestone19:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| 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:milestone20:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| apache | tomcat | 9.0.0 | cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:9.0.0:milestone21:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| apache | tomcat | 9.0.0 | cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:9.0.0:milestone22:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| apache | tomcat | 9.0.0 | cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:9.0.0:milestone23:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| apache | tomcat | 9.0.0 | cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:9.0.0:milestone24:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| apache | tomcat | 9.0.0 | cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:9.0.0:milestone25:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| apache | tomcat | 9.0.0 | cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:9.0.0:milestone26:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| 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:*:*:*:*:*:* |