CVE-2017-12616
Description
When using a VirtualDirContext with Apache Tomcat 7.0.0 to 7.0.80 it was possible to bypass security constraints and/or view the source code of JSPs for resources served by the VirtualDirContext using a specially crafted request.
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Key data
EPSS
Exploit Prediction Scoring System by FIRST: an estimate of the probability that exploitation activity will be observed in the next 30 days.
- Score
- 0.70118 (70.1% probability)
- Percentile
- 99.4%
- Scores of
- Nov 10, 2026
- Model
- v2026.06.15
CISA assessment as of Oct 15, 2026
Stakeholder-Specific Vulnerability Categorization (SSVC) decision points added by CISA.
- Automatable
- yes
- Technical impact
- partial
Affected products
Products listed in the CVE record, as the CNA published them.
Apache Tomcat
- affected: 7.0.0 to 7.0.80
References
Links listed in the CVE record. They lead to other sites, which CubePath does not control.
- 1039393 (securitytracker.com)vdb-entry
- support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&doc…
- synology.com/support/security/Synology_SA_17_54_Tomcat
- RHSA-2018:0465 (access.redhat.com)vendor-advisory
- USN-3665-1 (usn.ubuntu.com)vendor-advisory
- 100897 (securityfocus.com)vdb-entry
- RHSA-2018:0466 (access.redhat.com)vendor-advisory
- security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20171018-0001
- [announce] 20170919 [SECURITY] CVE-2017-12616 Apache Tomcat Information Disclosure (lists.apache.org)mailing-list
- [debian-lts-announce] 20180627 [SECURITY] [DLA 1400-1] tomcat7 security update (lists.debian.org)mailing-list
- [tomcat-dev] 20190325 svn commit: r1856174 [22/29] - in /tomcat/site/trunk: docs/ xdocs/ xdocs/stylesheets/ (lists.apache.org)mailing-list
- [tomcat-dev] 20190413 svn commit: r1857494 [16/20] - in /tomcat/site/trunk: ./ docs/ xdocs/ (lists.apache.org)mailing-list
- [tomcat-dev] 20190415 svn commit: r1857582 [17/22] - in /tomcat/site/trunk: docs/ xdocs/stylesheets/ (lists.apache.org)mailing-list
- [tomcat-dev] 20200213 svn commit: r1873980 [27/34] - /tomcat/site/trunk/docs/ (lists.apache.org)mailing-list
Timeline
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- Record published
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