CVE-2018-1304

MEDIUMNVD 5.95.9
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

“—” beside the score: it is equal to NVD's CVSS score.

This medium-severity CVE scores 5.9 under NVD CVSS v3. EPSS exploit probability: 17% (97th percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs). No GitHub Security Advisory CVSS is on record for this CVE.

Triggered by: Headline CVSS from NVD CVSS v3
Sources: EPSS, NVD CVSS v3
Elevated
5.9EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixRemediate within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high (the SSVC decision on this page).
  • Public exploit or proof-of-concept code is available
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 17%CVSS: 5.9Exploit: Public PoCExposed services: Not assessed

A fix is available — apply it.

The URL pattern of "" (the empty string) which exactly maps to the context root was not correctly handled in Apache Tomcat 9.0.0.M1 to 9.0.4, 8.5.0 to 8.5.27, 8.0.0.RC1 to 8.0.49 and 7.0.0 to 7.0.84 when used as part of a security constraint definition. This caused the constraint to be ignored. It was, therefore, possible for unauthorised users to gain access to web application resources that should have been protected. Only security constraints with a URL pattern of the empty string were affected.

CVSS v3
5.9
EG Score
5.9MEDIUMmedium confidence
EG Risk
58
EG Risk 58/100

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)
Severity59% × 45%
Impact severity (EG Severity): CVSS 5.9 of 10. Never the KEV-floored or EPSS-lifted EG Score.
Exploitation40% × 40%
EchelonGraph's fixed weight for EG-KEV Tier 3 (Elevated): a constant, not a probability.
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
17%
EPSS %ILE
97th
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 (5.9): severity, escalated by confirmed exploitation. This CVE's 5.9 is its impact severity (EG Severity), not escalated.

EG Severity
5.9 MEDIUMCVSS-B, impact only: no KEV listing, EPSS or EG-KEV tier raises it.NVD CVSS v3 · CVSS v3.0 or v3.1
EG Likelihood
17% within 30 daysSource: FIRST EPSS (model v2026.06.15, score date 2026-10-17). 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

February 28, 2018

Last Modified

October 15, 2026

Advisory Details (8)

Auto-updated Oct 15, 2026
Patch available. Sources: redhat.
Red HatMentions a patch (unverified)
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0465
Red HatMentions a patch (unverified)
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2939
Web page

[SECURITY] [DSA 4281-1] tomcat8 security update

https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4281
Red HatMentions a patch (unverified)

Affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1450
Red HatMentions a patch (unverified)

Affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1449
Web page

CVE-2018-1304 - PSIRT.COM

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103170
Red HatMentions a patch (unverified)

Affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1448

Patch Availability(11)

Vendor / EcosystemFix (by version range) / PatchReleasedSource
ubuntutomcat8-user (8.5.30-1ubuntu1.2) @ bionic2026-10-15ubuntu
redhattomcat-0:7.0.76-9.el72019-08-06redhat
redhatpatch2018-10-17redhat
redhatjboss-ec2-eap-0:7.5.20-1.Final_redhat_1.ep6.el62018-05-14redhat
redhatpicketbox-0:4.1.7-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el72018-05-14redhat
redhatjbossweb2018-05-14redhat
redhatpicketbox-0:4.1.7-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el52018-05-14redhat
redhatpicketbox-0:4.1.7-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el62018-05-14redhat
redhatpatch2018-05-03redhat
redhatpatch2018-03-07redhat
redhattomcat-vault-0:1.1.6-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep7.el72018-03-07redhat

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 4 ecosystems)
Debian:8(2)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
tomcat77.0.56-3 ... 7.0.56-3+deb8u9 (12 versions)
  • every version up to 7.0.56-3+really7.0.88-1: fixed in 7.0.56-3+really7.0.88-1
—
tomcat88.0.14-1 ... 8.0.14-1+deb8u9 (12 versions)
  • every version up to 8.0.14-1+deb8u12: fixed in 8.0.14-1+deb8u12
—
Debian:7(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
tomcat77.0.28-4 ... 7.0.28-4+deb7u9 (18 versions)
  • every version up to 7.0.28-4+deb7u18: fixed in 7.0.28-4+deb7u18
—
Debian:9(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
tomcat88.5.14-1, 8.5.14-1+deb9u1, 8.5.14-1+deb9u2
  • every version up to 8.5.14-1+deb9u3: fixed in 8.5.14-1+deb9u3
—
Maven(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core7.0.0 ... 7.0.85 (59 versions)
  • 9.0.0 up to 9.0.5: fixed in 9.0.5
  • 8.5.0 up to 8.5.28: fixed in 8.5.28
  • 8.0.0 up to 8.0.51: fixed in 8.0.51
  • 7.0.0 up to 7.0.86: fixed in 7.0.86
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All Vendor Advisories

(11)

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 8× 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 170 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 79 oldest rows on record are not shown and were not checked, so the counts can still include repeats.

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Publicly available exploits

(1 reference)

Public exploit code is referenced for this CVE (1 GitHub PoC). Defenders should treat patch urgency accordingly.

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2018-1304?
CVE-2018-1304 is a medium-severity vulnerability; its CVE record was published on February 28, 2018. The URL pattern of "" (the empty string) which exactly maps to the context root was not correctly handled in Apache Tomcat 9.0.0.M1 to 9.0.4, 8.5.0 to 8.5.27, 8.0.0.RC1 to 8.0.49 and 7.0.0 to 7.0.84 when used as part of a security constraint definition. This caused the constraint to be ignored. It…
When was CVE-2018-1304 made public?
CVE-2018-1304 was made public on February 23, 2018: that is the date its CVE record's CNA, Apache Software Foundation, gives for when the vulnerability was made public. The CVE record itself was published on February 28, 2018. EchelonGraph's copy of the record carries a last-modified date of October 15, 2026; the record at its source may have been updated since.
Is CVE-2018-1304 actively exploited?
CVE-2018-1304 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 17% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (97th percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs).
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2018-1304?
CVE-2018-1304 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.9 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2018-1304?
A fix for CVE-2018-1304 is available: update to the fixed version the vendor names in its advisory.

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