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CVE-2019-12418

24
FAUCET Score

CVE-2019-12418 describes a man-in-the-middle vulnerability affecting Apache Tomcat versions 9.0.0.M1-9.0.28, 8.5.0-8.5.47, and 7.0.0-7.0.97 when configured with the JMX Remote Lifecycle Listener. A local attacker can manipulate the RMI registry to intercept JMX credentials, subsequently gaining full control over the Tomcat instance. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 7.0 (High) due to its high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, despite requiring high attack complexity and local access. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 7.0.0, <= 7.0.97CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 8.5.0, <= 8.5.47CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 9.0.0, <= 9.0.28CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.0HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.0
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.22%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
65.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0122 is in the 93rd percentile among its peer group of 1,516 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.4 InfoSec Media, 0.1 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (19)

mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-coreFixed in: 7.0.99
mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-coreFixed in: 8.5.49
mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-coreFixed in: 9.0.29
oraclepatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Web Server 3.1Fixed in: tomcat
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Web Server 3 for RHEL 6Fixed in: tomcat7-0:7.0.70-38.ep7.el6
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Web Server 3 for RHEL 6Fixed in: tomcat8-0:8.0.36-42.ep7.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Web Server 3 for RHEL 6Fixed in: tomcat-native-0:1.2.23-21.redhat_21.ep7.el6
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Web Server 3 for RHEL 7Fixed in: tomcat7-0:7.0.70-38.ep7.el7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Web Server 3 for RHEL 7Fixed in: tomcat8-0:8.0.36-42.ep7.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Web Server 3 for RHEL 7Fixed in: tomcat-native-0:1.2.23-21.redhat_21.ep7.el7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Web Server 5.3 on RHEL 6Fixed in: jws5-tomcat-0:9.0.30-3.redhat_4.1.el6jws
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Web Server 5.3 on RHEL 6Fixed in: jws5-tomcat-native-0:1.2.23-4.redhat_4.el6jws
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Web Server 5.3 on RHEL 7Fixed in: jws5-tomcat-0:9.0.30-3.redhat_4.1.el7jws
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Web Server 5.3 on RHEL 7Fixed in: jws5-tomcat-native-0:1.2.23-4.redhat_4.el7jws
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Web Server 5.3 on RHEL 8Fixed in: jws5-tomcat-0:9.0.30-3.redhat_4.1.el8jws
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Web Server 5.3 on RHEL 8Fixed in: jws5-tomcat-native-0:1.2.23-4.redhat_4.el8jws
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Web Server (JWS) 5.3Fixed in: tomcat
View patch
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: pki-deps:10.6/pki-servlet-engine

Vendor Advisories (2)

mavenGHSA-hh3j-x4mc-g48rhigh

Insufficiently Protected Credentials in Apache Tomcat

Dec 26, 2019
redhatCVE-2019-12418Moderate

tomcat: local privilege escalation

Nov 21, 2019

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00013.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.apache.org / thread.html/43530b91506e2e0c11cfbe691173f5df8c48f51b98262426d7493b67%40%3Cannounce.tomcat.apache.org%3E
Mailing ListVendor Advisory
lists.apache.org / thread.html/r3bbb800a816d0a51eccc5a228c58736960a9fffafa581a225834d97d%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org / thread.html/r48c1444845fe15a823e1374674bfc297d5008a5453788099ea14caf0%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org / thread.html/r6ccee4e849bc77df0840c7f853f6bd09d426f6741247da2b7429d5d9%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org / thread.html/r9136ff5b13e4f1941360b5a309efee2c114a14855578c3a2cbe5d19c%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org / thread.html/raba0fabaf4d56d4325ab2aca8814f0b30a237ab83d8106b115ee279a%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2020/01/msg00024.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2020/03/msg00029.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
seclists.org / bugtraq/2019/Dec/43
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/202003-43
Third Party Advisory
security.netapp.com / advisory/ntap-20200107-0001
Third Party Advisory
support.f5.com / csp/article/K10107360
usn.ubuntu.com / 4251-1
Third Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2019/dsa-4596
Third Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2020/dsa-4680
Third Party Advisory
oracle.com / security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html
PatchThird Party Advisory