CVE-2016-0714 Improper Access Control in Apache Tomcat

What is CVE-2016-0714?

CVE-2016-0714 is a high-severity vulnerability in Apache Tomcat, published on 25 Feb 2016. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The session-persistence implementation in Apache Tomcat 6.x before 6.0.45, 7.x before 7.0.68, 8.x before 8.0.31, and 9.x before 9.0.0.M2 mishandles session attributes, which allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended SecurityManager restrictions and execute arbitrary code in a privileged context via a web application that places a crafted object in a session.

Weakness: CWE-264

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-0714?

8 open source packages ship an affected version, including org.apache.tomcat:tomcat. It affects 3 products.

Products include Apache Tomcat, Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Debian Debian Linux.

How do I fix CVE-2016-0714?

Upgrade org.apache.tomcat:tomcat to a fixed version for your release line: 6.0.46, 7.0.70, 8.0.32 or 9.0.0.M2.

Is CVE-2016-0714 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-0714 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Public exploit code: 1 proofs of concept on GitHub.

Other vulnerabilities in Apache Tomcat

• CVE-2025-24813 Apache Tomcat Path Equivalence Exploited Critical 10.0
• CVE-2016-8735 Apache Tomcat Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2017-12617 Apache Tomcat Remote Code Execution Exploited High 8.1
• CVE-2017-12615 Apache Tomcat on Windows Remote Code Execution Exploited High 8.1
• CVE-2026-34486 Apache Tomcat Missing Encryption of Sensitive Data Exploited High 7.5

All Apache Tomcat vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-mv42-px54-87jw, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-0714.