{"answers":{"affected":"8 open source packages ship an affected version, including org.apache.tomcat:tomcat. It affects 14 products.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-6797 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"Upgrade org.apache.tomcat:tomcat to a fixed version for your release line: 7.0.72, 8.0.37, 8.5.5 or 9.0.0.M10.","what":"CVE-2016-6797 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Apache Tomcat, published on 10 Aug 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2016-6797 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2016-6797 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Apache Tomcat, published on 10 Aug 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-6797 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected packages and fixed versions:\n- org.apache.tomcat:tomcat (Maven): affected from 7.0.0; fixed in 7.0.72\n- org.apache.tomcat:tomcat (Maven): affected from 7.0.0; fixed in 7.0.72\n- org.apache.tomcat:tomcat (Maven): affected from 8.0.0; fixed in 8.0.37\n- org.apache.tomcat:tomcat (Maven): affected from 8.0.0; fixed in 8.0.37\n- org.apache.tomcat:tomcat (Maven): affected from 8.5.0; fixed in 8.5.5\n- org.apache.tomcat:tomcat (Maven): affected from 8.5.0; fixed in 8.5.5\n- org.apache.tomcat:tomcat (Maven): affected from 9.0.0.M1; fixed in 9.0.0.M10\n- org.apache.tomcat:tomcat (Maven): affected from 9.0.0.M1; fixed in 9.0.0.M10\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-2016-6797/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-6797/index.md)","id":"CVE-2016-6797","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-6797/index.md","name":"CVE-2016-6797","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-q6x7-f33r-3wxx","UBUNTU-CVE-2016-6797"],"analysis":{"component_type":"server_software","fix_type":"upgrade","impacts":["data_read","security_bypass"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Apache Tomcat","requires_auth":"none","summary":"A web application can access unauthorized global JNDI resources in Apache Tomcat due to insufficient access control checks in the ResourceLinkFactory implementation.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"missing_authorization"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"apache","cpe":[{"product":"tomcat","vendor":"apache"},{"product":"ubuntu_linux","vendor":"canonical"},{"product":"debian_linux","vendor":"debian"},{"product":"oncommand_insight","vendor":"netapp"},{"product":"oncommand_shift","vendor":"netapp"},{"product":"snap_creator_framework","vendor":"netapp"},{"product":"tekelec_platform_distribution","vendor":"oracle"},{"product":"enterprise_linux_desktop","vendor":"redhat"},{"product":"enterprise_linux_eus","vendor":"redhat"},{"product":"enterprise_linux_server","vendor":"redhat"},{"product":"enterprise_linux_server_aus","vendor":"redhat"},{"product":"enterprise_linux_server_tus","vendor":"redhat"},{"product":"enterprise_linux_workstation","vendor":"redhat"},{"product":"jboss_enterprise_web_server","vendor":"redhat"}],"cvss":{"score":7.5,"severity":"high","source":"nvd","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-863","name":"Incorrect Authorization"}],"description":"The ResourceLinkFactory implementation in 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 did not limit web application access to global JNDI resources to those resources explicitly linked to the web application. Therefore, it was possible for a web application to access any global JNDI resource whether an explicit ResourceLink had been configured or not.","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":"Incorrect Authorization in Apache Tomcat","id":"CVE-2016-6797","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":"Maven","product":"apache:tomcat","products":["apache:tomcat","canonical:ubuntu_linux","debian:debian_linux","netapp:oncommand_insight","netapp:oncommand_shift","redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop","redhat:enterprise_linux_eus","redhat:enterprise_linux_server","redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus","redhat:enterprise_linux_server_tus","redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation"],"type":"missing_authorization","year":"2016"},"n_packages":8,"n_references":25,"next":{"headline":"XML External Entity Reference in Apache Sling","id":"CVE-2016-6798"},"packages":[{"ecosystem":"Maven","fixed":["7.0.72"],"introduced":["7.0.0"],"last_affected":[],"package":"org.apache.tomcat:tomcat","purl":null,"source":"GHSA-q6x7-f33r-3wxx"},{"ecosystem":"Maven","fixed":["7.0.72"],"introduced":["7.0.0"],"last_affected":[],"package":"org.apache.tomcat:tomcat","purl":"pkg:maven/org.apache.tomcat/tomcat","source":"GHSA-q6x7-f33r-3wxx"},{"ecosystem":"Maven","fixed":["8.0.37"],"introduced":["8.0.0"],"last_affected":[],"package":"org.apache.tomcat:tomcat","purl":null,"source":"GHSA-q6x7-f33r-3wxx"},{"ecosystem":"Maven","fixed":["8.0.37"],"introduced":["8.0.0"],"last_affected":[],"package":"org.apache.tomcat:tomcat","purl":"pkg:maven/org.apache.tomcat/tomcat","source":"GHSA-q6x7-f33r-3wxx"},{"ecosystem":"Maven","fixed":["8.5.5"],"introduced":["8.5.0"],"last_affected":[],"package":"org.apache.tomcat:tomcat","purl":null,"source":"GHSA-q6x7-f33r-3wxx"},{"ecosystem":"Maven","fixed":["8.5.5"],"introduced":["8.5.0"],"last_affected":[],"package":"org.apache.tomcat:tomcat","purl":"pkg:maven/org.apache.tomcat/tomcat","source":"GHSA-q6x7-f33r-3wxx"},{"ecosystem":"Maven","fixed":["9.0.0.M10"],"introduced":["9.0.0.M1"],"last_affected":[],"package":"org.apache.tomcat:tomcat","purl":null,"source":"GHSA-q6x7-f33r-3wxx"},{"ecosystem":"Maven","fixed":["9.0.0.M10"],"introduced":["9.0.0.M1"],"last_affected":[],"package":"org.apache.tomcat:tomcat","purl":"pkg:maven/org.apache.tomcat/tomcat","source":"GHSA-q6x7-f33r-3wxx"}],"prev":{"headline":"Apache Tomcat vulnerable to SecurityManager bypass","id":"CVE-2016-6796"},"products":["Apache Tomcat"],"published":"2017-08-10","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":"yes","exploitation":"none","technical_impact":"partial"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2026-10-08","vendors":["Apache Software Foundation"]},"summary":"A web application can access unauthorized global JNDI resources in Apache Tomcat due to insufficient access control checks in the ResourceLinkFactory implementation.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-6797/"}