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CVE-2001-0590 Apache Tomcat

Affected softwareApache Tomcat
Severity5.0 Medium CVSS 2.0
Fixed in3.2.2
WeaknessInformation exposure (CWE-200)
Published2 Aug 2001
Updated16 Jun 2026

Description

Apache Software Foundation Tomcat Servlet prior to 3.2.2 allows a remote attacker to read the source code to arbitrary 'jsp' files via a malformed URL request which does not end with an HTTP protocol specification (i.e. HTTP/1.0).

Exploitation status

Working exploit published

A reviewed exploit catalogue lists ready-to-run exploit code for this CVE.

  • CISA KEV not listed
  • VulnCheck KEV not listed
  • CISA Vulnrichment no assessment published
  • Indexed PoC 1 indexed Published artifacts you can open, in Exploit-DB; first seen 2001-03-28.
  • EPSS 11% chance in 30 days A model's forecast, not a report of exploitation. Higher than 96% of all scored CVEs.
IndexArtifactStarsFirst seen
Exploit-DB Apache Tomcat 3.0 - Directory Traversal 2001-03-28

Waratek protection

Mitigation candidate

A kind of vulnerability Waratek's rules address, with exploit code published or exploitation reported. No rule exists and none is planned yet. The decision below says what we found to build a rule from.

  • Protection none
  • Action unverified
  • Review automated Inferred
  • Record active
Decided by The affected package being open source on Maven, so the fix can be read
Finding This CVE affects an open-source Java library published on Maven Central (Maven packages: org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-servlet-api), so it is squarely in ARMR's territory and the source needed to understand the defect is public. That makes it a candidate for an ARMR patch rule. No rule exists and none is scheduled: the diff between the affected and fixed versions has not been read, and a closer look may find no hook point ARMR can act on.

Affected software and releases

Maven packages

Affected and fixed versions, from OSV.dev
PackageIntroducedFixedLast affected
org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-servlet-api 0 3.2.2 unbounded

Products and versions

2 products, 2 version entries
SourceVendorProductSchemeAffected versions
nvd apache tomcat generic ≤ 3.2.2
osv org.apache.tomcat tomcat-servlet-api generic < 3.2.2

References

URLTags
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6971 WEB
https://web.archive.org/web/20020711002734/http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-04/0031.html WEB
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-04/0031.html Exploit, Vendor Advisory
http://www.osvdb.org/5580
http://www1.itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docId=HPSBTL0112-004

Timeline

Published2001-08-02By the CVE Program.
NVD record modified2026-06-16NVD's own last-modified date for this record.