{"answers":{"affected":"6 open source packages ship an affected version, including org.apache.tomcat:tomcat. It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-5885 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"Upgrade org.apache.tomcat:tomcat to a fixed version for your release line: 5.5.36, 6.0.36 or 7.0.30.","what":"CVE-2012-5885 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Apache Tomcat, published on 17 Nov 2012. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2012-5885 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2012-5885 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Apache Tomcat, published on 17 Nov 2012. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-5885 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected packages and fixed versions:\n- org.apache.tomcat:tomcat (Maven): affected from 5.5.0; fixed in 5.5.36\n- org.apache.tomcat:tomcat (Maven): affected from 5.5.0; fixed in 5.5.36\n- org.apache.tomcat:tomcat (Maven): affected from 6.0.0; fixed in 6.0.36\n- org.apache.tomcat:tomcat (Maven): affected from 6.0.0; fixed in 6.0.36\n- org.apache.tomcat:tomcat (Maven): affected from 7.0.0; fixed in 7.0.30\n- org.apache.tomcat:tomcat (Maven): affected from 7.0.0; fixed in 7.0.30\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-5885/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-5885/index.md)","id":"CVE-2012-5885","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-5885/index.md","name":"CVE-2012-5885","record":{"aliases":["CVE-2012-3439","GHSA-99rf-92v6-cwx4"],"analysis":{"component_type":"server_software","fix_type":"upgrade","impacts":["security_bypass"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":true,"product_category":"Apache Tomcat","requires_auth":"low_privilege","summary":"Remote attackers can bypass access restrictions in Apache Tomcat by exploiting a flaw in HTTP Digest Authentication replay countermeasures.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"auth_bypass"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"mitre","cpe":[{"product":"tomcat","vendor":"apache"}],"cvss":{"score":5,"severity":"medium","source":"nvd","vector":"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N","version":"2.0"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-264","name":null}],"description":"The replay-countermeasure functionality in the HTTP Digest Access Authentication implementation in Apache Tomcat 5.5.x before 5.5.36, 6.x before 6.0.36, and 7.x before 7.0.30 tracks cnonce (aka client nonce) values instead of nonce (aka server nonce) and nc (aka nonce-count) values, which makes it easier for remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions by sniffing the network for valid requests, a different vulnerability than CVE-2011-1184.","ecosystems":["Maven"],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":true,"headline":"Improper Access Control in Apache Tomcat","id":"CVE-2012-5885","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":"Maven","product":"apache:tomcat","products":["apache:tomcat"],"type":"auth_bypass","year":"2012"},"n_packages":6,"n_references":28,"next":{"headline":"Improper Authentication in Apache Tomcat","id":"CVE-2012-5886"},"packages":[{"ecosystem":"Maven","fixed":["5.5.36"],"introduced":["5.5.0"],"last_affected":[],"package":"org.apache.tomcat:tomcat","purl":null,"source":"GHSA-99rf-92v6-cwx4"},{"ecosystem":"Maven","fixed":["5.5.36"],"introduced":["5.5.0"],"last_affected":[],"package":"org.apache.tomcat:tomcat","purl":"pkg:maven/org.apache.tomcat/tomcat","source":"GHSA-99rf-92v6-cwx4"},{"ecosystem":"Maven","fixed":["6.0.36"],"introduced":["6.0.0"],"last_affected":[],"package":"org.apache.tomcat:tomcat","purl":null,"source":"GHSA-99rf-92v6-cwx4"},{"ecosystem":"Maven","fixed":["6.0.36"],"introduced":["6.0.0"],"last_affected":[],"package":"org.apache.tomcat:tomcat","purl":"pkg:maven/org.apache.tomcat/tomcat","source":"GHSA-99rf-92v6-cwx4"},{"ecosystem":"Maven","fixed":["7.0.30"],"introduced":["7.0.0"],"last_affected":[],"package":"org.apache.tomcat:tomcat","purl":null,"source":"GHSA-99rf-92v6-cwx4"},{"ecosystem":"Maven","fixed":["7.0.30"],"introduced":["7.0.0"],"last_affected":[],"package":"org.apache.tomcat:tomcat","purl":"pkg:maven/org.apache.tomcat/tomcat","source":"GHSA-99rf-92v6-cwx4"}],"prev":{"headline":"Information disclosure in n/a","id":"CVE-2012-5884"},"products":["n/a"],"published":"2012-11-17","related":[{"cvss_score":10,"headline":"Apache Tomcat Path Equivalence","id":"CVE-2025-24813","kev_date_added":"2025-04-01","published":"2025-03-10"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Apache Tomcat Remote Code Execution","id":"CVE-2016-8735","kev_date_added":"2023-05-12","published":"2017-04-06"},{"cvss_score":8.1,"headline":"Apache Tomcat Remote Code Execution","id":"CVE-2017-12617","kev_date_added":"2022-03-25","published":"2017-10-03"},{"cvss_score":8.1,"headline":"Apache Tomcat on Windows Remote Code Execution","id":"CVE-2017-12615","kev_date_added":"2022-03-25","published":"2017-09-19"},{"cvss_score":7.5,"headline":"Apache Tomcat Missing Encryption of Sensitive Data","id":"CVE-2026-34486","kev_date_added":"2026-08-04","published":"2026-04-09"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Apache Tomcat: HTTP/2 no-authority bypass of strict SNI validation - CVE-2026-32990 fix incomplete","id":"CVE-2026-65637","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2026-08-25"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Apache Tomcat: Limited replay attack possible with DIGEST authentication","id":"CVE-2026-65905","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2026-08-25"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CC BY 4.0","name":"GitHub Advisory Database","prefix":"GHSA"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"no","exploitation":"none","technical_impact":"partial"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2026-10-09","vendors":["n/a"]},"summary":"Remote attackers can bypass access restrictions in Apache Tomcat by exploiting a flaw in HTTP Digest Authentication replay countermeasures.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-5885/"}