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SCA: security update for org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-catalina, org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-catalina-jmx-remote (GHSA-cw54-59pw-4g8c)

critical Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 433814

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - Remote code execution is possible with Apache Tomcat before 6.0.48, 7.x before 7.0.73, 8.x before 8.0.39,
 8.5.x before 8.5.7, and 9.x before 9.0.0.M12 if JmxRemoteLifecycleListener is used and an attacker can
 reach JMX ports. The issue exists because this listener wasn't updated for consistency with the
 CVE-2016-3427 Oracle patch that affected credential types. (CVE-2016-8735)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-cw54-59pw-4g8c

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 433814

Version: Revision 1.3

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 8/19/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.9

Percentile: 96.96

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Critical

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-8735

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 9.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:F/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/13/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/8/2016

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 6/2/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-8735

BID: 94463

cwe: CWE-284