9.1

CVE-2017-5648: apache software foundation apache tomcat Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere

Modified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2017-5648GHSA-3vx3-xf6q-r5xp
Published 17-04-2017Last modified 15-10-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2017-5648 is a critical (CVSS 9.1) Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere vulnerability in apache software foundation apache tomcat. EPSS estimates a 13.23% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96.3% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Prioritisesevere

Severe, CVSS 9.1 (NVD); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources; EPSS 13% (FIRST, 03-11-2026)

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
9.1/10
010
Critical · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
13.23%
0%100%
Medium · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 12 · Related 6
DLA-924-1DSA-3842-1DSA-3843-1MGASA-2017-0117OPENSUSE-SU-2024:11468-1OPENSUSE-SU-2024:13441-1

Timeline

  1. 17-04-2017
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 15-10-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

While investigating bug 60718, it was noticed that some calls to application listeners in Apache Tomcat 9.0.0.M1 to 9.0.0.M17, 8.5.0 to 8.5.11, 8.0.0.RC1 to 8.0.41, and 7.0.0 to 7.0.75 did not use the appropriate facade object. When running an untrusted application under a SecurityManager, it was therefore possible for that untrusted application to retain a reference to the request or response object and thereby access and/or modify information associated with another web application.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

13.23%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

96%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 13.23% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Ubuntu2 products
  • tomcat7< 7.0.52-1ubuntu0.13 | All versions (No fix recorded)
  • tomcat8< 8.0.32-1ubuntu1.5
Apache1 product
  • tomcatEOL7.0.0 | 7.0.1 | 7.0.2 | 7.0.3 | 7.0.4 | 7.0.5 | 7.0.6 | 7.0.7 | 7.0.8 | 7.0.9 | 7.0.10 | 7.0.11 | 7.0.12 | 7.0.13 | 7.0.14 | 7.0.15 | 7.0.16 | 7.0.17 | 7.0.18 | 7.0.19 | 7.0.20 | 7.0.21 | 7.0.22 | 7.0.23 | 7.0.24 | 7.0.25 | 7.0.26 | 7.0.27 | 7.0.28 | 7.0.29 | 7.0.30 | 7.0.31 | 7.0.32 | 7.0.33 | 7.0.34 | 7.0.35 | 7.0.36 | 7.0.37 | 7.0.38 | 7.0.39 | 7.0.40 | 7.0.41 | 7.0.42 | 7.0.43 | 7.0.44 | 7.0.45 | 7.0.46 | 7.0.47 | 7.0.48 | 7.0.49 | 7.0.50 | 7.0.51 | 7.0.52 | 7.0.53 | 7.0.54 | 7.0.55 | 7.0.56 | 7.0.57 | 7.0.58 | 7.0.59 | 7.0.60 | 7.0.61 | 7.0.62 | 7.0.63 | 7.0.64 | 7.0.65 | 7.0.66 | 7.0.67 | 7.0.68 | 7.0.69 | 7.0.70 | 7.0.71 | 7.0.72 | 7.0.73 | 7.0.74 | 7.0.75 | 8.0.0 | 8.0.0:rc1 | 8.0.1 | 8.0.2 | 8.0.3 | 8.0.4 | 8.0.5 | 8.0.6 | 8.0.7 | 8.0.8 | 8.0.9 | 8.0.10 | 8.0.11 | 8.0.12 | 8.0.13 | 8.0.14 | 8.0.15 | 8.0.16 | 8.0.17 | 8.0.18 | 8.0.19 | 8.0.20 | 8.0.21 | 8.0.22 | 8.0.23 | 8.0.24 | 8.0.25 | 8.0.26 | 8.0.27 | 8.0.28 | 8.0.29 | 8.0.30 | 8.0.31 | 8.0.32 | 8.0.33 | 8.0.34 | 8.0.35 | 8.0.36 | 8.0.37 | 8.0.38 | 8.0.39 | 8.0.40 | 8.0.41 | 8.5.0 | 8.5.1 | 8.5.2 | 8.5.3 | 8.5.4 | 8.5.5 | 8.5.6 | 8.5.7 | 8.5.8 | 8.5.9 | 8.5.10 | 8.5.11 | 9.0.0:milestone1 | 9.0.0:milestone10 | 9.0.0:milestone11 | 9.0.0:milestone12 | 9.0.0:milestone13 | 9.0.0:milestone14 | 9.0.0:milestone15 | 9.0.0:milestone16 | 9.0.0:milestone17 | 9.0.0:milestone2 | 9.0.0:milestone3 | 9.0.0:milestone4 | 9.0.0:milestone5 | 9.0.0:milestone6 | 9.0.0:milestone7 | 9.0.0:milestone8 | 9.0.0:milestone9
Apache software foundation1 product
  • apache tomcat9.0.0.M1 to 9.0.0.M17 | 8.5.0 to 8.5.11 | 8.0.0.RC1 to 8.0.41 | 7.0.0 to 7.0.75
Org.apache.tomcat1 product
  • tomcat-catalina≥ 9.0.0.M1, < 9.0.0.M18 | ≥ 8.5.0, < 8.5.13 | ≥ 8.0.0, < 8.0.42 | ≥ 7.0.0, < 7.0.76
Org.apache.tomcat.embed1 product
  • tomcat-embed-core≥ 9.0.0.M1, < 9.0.0.M18 | ≥ 8.5.0, < 8.5.13 | ≥ 8.0.0, < 8.0.42 | ≥ 7.0.0, < 7.0.76

5 vendors · 6 products

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