A malicious web application running on Apache Tomcat 9.0.0.M1 to 9.0.0.M9, 8.5.0 to 8.5.4, 8.0.0.RC1 to 8.0.36, 7.0.0 to 7.0.70 and 6.0.0 to 6.0.45 was able to bypass a configured SecurityManager via manipulation of the configuration parameters for the JSP Servlet.
CVE-2016-6796
“—” beside the score: it is equal to NVD's CVSS score.
This high-severity CVE scores 7.5 under NVD CVSS v3. EPSS exploit probability: 8.3% (94th percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs). No GitHub Security Advisory CVSS is on record for this CVE.
- High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 7.5
- EG Score
- 7.5HIGHmedium confidence
- EG Risk
- 52EG Risk 52/100
EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score. It fuses impact severity (EG Severity, the CVSS base score, never the KEV-floored or EPSS-lifted EG Score) with real-world exploitation and automatability, under weights EchelonGraph set by hand, so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner.
How it’s computed (value × EchelonGraph’s weight)Severity75% × 45%Impact severity (EG Severity): CVSS 7.5 of 10. Never the KEV-floored or EPSS-lifted EG Score.Exploitation8.3% × 40%FIRST EPSS: the 30-day exploitation probability when EchelonGraph scored this CVE.Automatability100% × 15%CISA's SSVC Automatable value: yes (Vulnrichment).SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph): Track at low or medium mission impact; Attend at high (mission-essential systems).Exploitation none (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable yes (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact partial (CISA Vulnrichment). All three are CISA's SSVC values (Vulnrichment). EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE.Action: A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high. - EPSS PROB
- 8.3%
- EPSS %ILE
- 94th
- KEV
- Not listed
What the EG score is made of (scorer v4.0: the three questions the 0–10 score mixes, published apart · methodology)
The EG score (7.5): severity, escalated by confirmed exploitation. This CVE's 7.5 is its impact severity (EG Severity), not escalated.
- EG Severity
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS-B, impact only: no KEV listing, EPSS or EG-KEV tier raises it.NVD CVSS v3 · CVSS v3.0 or v3.1
- EG Likelihood
- 8.3% within 30 daysSource: FIRST EPSS (model v2026.06.15, score date 2026-10-21). FIRST's exploitation probability, not an EchelonGraph model.
- Confirmed exploitation
- None on record (CISA KEV, EG-KEV Tier 1)Reported apart from the likelihood: an observed fact, not a probability.
- EG Priority
- SSVC Track at medium mission impactTrack at low or medium mission impact; Attend at high (mission-essential systems).CISA BOD 26-04: 14 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; 60 days if it is not.Each input and its source: the SSVC and BOD 26-04 blocks below.
SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph)Track at low or medium mission impact; Attend at high (mission-essential systems).
A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high.
Exploitation none (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable yes (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact partial (CISA Vulnrichment). All three are CISA's SSVC values (Vulnrichment). EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE. Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it. CISA's table makes it high when Mission Prevalence is Essential — the vulnerable component "directly provides capabilities that constitute at least one MEF for at least one entity" (MEF: mission essential function) — or when Public Well-Being Impact is Irreversible: "multiple fatalities are likely", the cyber-physical system "is likely lost or destroyed", "extreme or serious externalities" are imposed on other parties, or social systems such as elections or the financial grid "are destabilized and potentially collapse". CISA's decision table
BOD 26-04 (CISA's remediation timeline, Table 1)14 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; 60 days if it is not.
In CISA KEV no (CISA's KEV catalog) · Automatable yes (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact partial (CISA Vulnrichment). Whether your system is publicly exposed is yours to answer. BOD 26-04 binds US Federal Civilian Executive Branch agencies; for anyone else it is CISA's published timeline, a reference rather than an obligation. The directive · how EchelonGraph applies it
Published
August 11, 2017
Last Modified
October 8, 2026
Advisory Details (8)
Auto-updated Oct 8, 2026Affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2247Affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1552Affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1549Pony Mail
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/5a2105a56b2495ab70fa568f06925bd861f0d71ffab4fb38bb4fdc45%40%3Cannounce.tomcat.apache.org%3EAffected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1548Vendor Advisories for CVE-2016-6796(5)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
- RHSA-2017:1552Red Hat Product SecurityMedium
Red Hat Security Advisory: jboss-ec2-eap security, bug fix, and enhancement update
- RHSA-2017:1548Red Hat Product SecurityMedium
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.4.16 update on RHEL 7
- RHSA-2017:1549Red Hat Product SecurityMedium
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.4.16 update on RHEL 6
- RHSA-2017:1550Red Hat Product SecurityMedium
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.4.16 update on RHEL 5
- RHSA-2017:1551Red Hat Product SecurityMedium
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform security update
Patch Availability(11)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fix (by version range) / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ubuntu | libservlet2.5-java-doc (6.0.45+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1) @ xenial | 2026-10-22 | ubuntu |
| ubuntu | tomcat8 (8.0.37-1ubuntu0.1) @ yakkety | 2026-10-22 | ubuntu |
| redhat | tomcat-0:7.0.76-2.el7 | 2017-08-01 | redhat |
| redhat | patch | 2017-06-20 | redhat |
| redhat | resteasy-0:2.3.20-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el5 | 2017-06-20 | redhat |
| redhat | resteasy-0:2.3.20-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el7 | 2017-06-20 | redhat |
| redhat | resteasy-0:2.3.20-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el6 | 2017-06-20 | redhat |
| redhat | jboss-ec2-eap-0:7.5.16-1.Final_redhat_1.ep6.el6 | 2017-06-20 | redhat |
| redhat | tomcat-vault-0:1.0.8-9.Final_redhat_2.1.ep7.el6 | 2017-03-07 | redhat |
| redhat | patch | 2017-03-07 | redhat |
| redhat | tomcat-vault-0:1.0.8-9.Final_redhat_2.1.ep7.el7 | 2017-03-07 | redhat |
Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.
Affected Packages
(5 across 3 ecosystems)
Debian:7(2)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fix by version range | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| tomcat6 | 6.0.35-6 ... 6.0.45-1~deb6u1 (15 versions) |
| — |
| tomcat7 | 7.0.28-4 ... 7.0.28-4+deb7u6 (7 versions) |
| — |
Debian:8(2)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fix by version range | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| tomcat7 | 7.0.56-3, 7.0.56-3+deb8u1, 7.0.56-3+deb8u2, 7.0.56-3+deb8u3, 7.0.56-3+deb8u4 |
| — |
| tomcat8 | 8.0.14-1, 8.0.14-1+deb8u1, 8.0.14-1+deb8u2, 8.0.14-1+deb8u3 |
| — |
Maven(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fix by version range | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| org.apache.tomcat:tomcat | 7.0.35 ... 7.0.70 (24 versions) |
| — |
Additional Vendor Advisories
(6)
Vendors that published advisories for this CVE beyond the curated set above. Broader coverage but minimal per-row detail — click through for the original advisory.
Data Freshness Timeline
(refreshed 9× in last 7d / 34× in last 30d)
Each row is a time one of our pipelines fetched, updated or re-scored this CVE. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. An arrow marks a change the record states ("CVSS v3 → 9.1"); EPSS and GHSA rows show the values recorded at that time, not what changed (EPSS values are rounded; hover one for the exact figures). Most recent first.
Showing the most recent 91 of 171 refreshes on record for this CVE.
A repeat, a row identical to one the same pipeline wrote less than 10 seconds earlier, is not a separate refresh and is not counted. 9 repeat rows among the latest 100 are merged into the row they repeat. The 80 oldest rows on record are not shown and were not checked, so the counts can still include repeats.
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