CVE-2019-12418: apache software foundation apache tomcat
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2019-12418 is a high (CVSS 7.0) vulnerability in apache software foundation apache tomcat. EPSS estimates a 1.22% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 68.7% of scored vulnerabilities.
Not severe (CVSS 7, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 16 · Related 12Timeline
- 23-12-2019PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 08-10-2026Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
When Apache Tomcat 9.0.0.M1 to 9.0.28, 8.5.0 to 8.5.47, 7.0.0 and 7.0.97 is configured with the JMX Remote Lifecycle Listener, a local attacker without access to the Tomcat process or configuration files is able to manipulate the RMI registry to perform a man-in-the-middle attack to capture user names and passwords used to access the JMX interface. The attacker can then use these credentials to access the JMX interface and gain complete control over the Tomcat instance.
CVSS metrics
5 scores · 4 sources · 2 versions- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated7.0HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated7.0HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- OSV · MavenEcosystem advisory · calculated7.0HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
1.22%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
69%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 1.22% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEVNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
ENISA CNWNot in the ENISA CNW catalog.
CIRCLNot in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeNo weakness data has been published for this record.
Affected systems
Known conditions: local access, low-privilege account, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Debian3 products
- tomcat8< 8.0.14-1+deb8u16
- tomcat9< 9.0.31-1
- debian_linuxEOL8.0 | 9.0 | 10.0
Ubuntu3 products
- tomcat7All versions (No fix recorded)
- tomcat8< 8.0.32-1ubuntu1.11 | All versions (No fix recorded)
- tomcat9All versions (No fix recorded)
Apache1 product
- tomcat≥ 7.0.0, ≤ 7.0.97 | ≥ 8.5.0, ≤ 8.5.47 | ≥ 9.0.0, ≤ 9.0.28
Apache software foundation1 product
- apache tomcat9.0.0.M1 to 9.0.28 | 8.5.0 to 8.5.47 | 7.0.0 to 7.0.97
Canonical1 product
- ubuntu_linuxEOL16.04
Netapp1 product
- oncommand_system_manager≥ 3.0.0, ≤ 3.1.3
Opensuse1 product
- leapEOL15.1
Oracle1 product
- workload_manager12.2.0.1 | 18c | 19c
Org.apache.tomcat.embed1 product
- tomcat-embed-core< 7.0.99 | ≥ 8.0.0, < 8.5.49 | ≥ 9.0.0, < 9.0.29
9 vendors · 13 products
References
30 links
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00013.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource SUSEMailing ListThird Party AdvisoryWEB
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/01/msg00024.htmlMailing ListX Refsource MLISTThird Party AdvisoryWEB
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- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/03/msg00029.htmlMailing ListX Refsource MLISTThird Party AdvisoryWEB
