CVE-2017-12616

tomcat: Information Disclosure when using VirtualDirContext

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

5.3

CVSS 3.0

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Published · September 19, 2017

Updated · May 13, 2026

Description

When using a VirtualDirContext with Apache Tomcat 7.0.0 to 7.0.80 it was possible to bypass security constraints and/or view the source code of JSPs for resources served by the VirtualDirContext using a specially crafted request.

Statement

VirtualDirContext is not designed to be used in production, but only to ease development with IDEs without needing to fully republish jars in WEB-INF/lib.

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.0 · 5.3
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

CWE-200 · Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor