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CVE-2015-5346 Apache Tomcat

Affected softwareApache Tomcat
Severity8.1 High CVSS 3.0 2 scores
Fixed in9.0.0.M2, 8.0.31, 7.0.66
WeaknessCross-site scripting (CWE-79)
Published25 Feb 2016
Updated14 Oct 2026

Description

Session fixation vulnerability in Apache Tomcat 7.x before 7.0.66, 8.x before 8.0.30, and 9.x before 9.0.0.M2, when different session settings are used for deployments of multiple versions of the same web application, might allow remote attackers to hijack web sessions by leveraging use of a requestedSessionSSL field for an unintended request, related to CoyoteAdapter.java and Request.java.

Exploitation status

No public exploit

No exploit has been reported in the sources we check. Published 10 years ago.

  • CISA KEV not listed
  • VulnCheck KEV not listed
  • CISA Vulnrichment exploitation: none
  • Indexed PoC none indexed
  • EPSS 11% chance in 30 days A model's forecast, not a report of exploitation. Higher than 96% of all scored CVEs.

Waratek protection

Outside Waratek scope

A Java vulnerability, but not one Waratek protects. It affects only Java on a user's desktop (applets, Web Start, JavaFX, the installer), sits in a product the Waratek agent can't be installed into, or is in a package we don't expect in business applications. The decision below says which.

  • Protection none
  • Action not pursued none
  • Review human Researcher
  • Record active
Decided by Manual classification of this CVE in the legacy dataset
Finding A manual classification set this CVE's status to Outside Waratek scope, but the CVE names a tracked product.

CVSS

8.1 HIGH v3.0 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H 2 metrics

We show the highest score from the newest CVSS version. Scores from different versions can't be compared, and the first score listed is sometimes a 0.0 placeholder.

VersionScoreBandVectorAssignerType
CVSS 3.0 8.1 HIGH CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H NVD Primary published
CVSS 2.0 6.8 none AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P NVD Primary

Affected software and releases

Maven packages

Affected and fixed versions, from OSV.dev
PackageIntroducedFixedLast affected
org.apache.tomcat:tomcat 9.0.0.M1 9.0.0.M2 unbounded
org.apache.tomcat:tomcat 8.0.0.RC1 8.0.31 unbounded
org.apache.tomcat:tomcat 7.0.0 7.0.66 unbounded

Products and versions

4 products, 75 version entries
SourceVendorProductSchemeAffected versions
nvd apache tomcat generic 7.0.0:beta · 7.0.2:beta · 7.0.4:beta · 7.0.5:beta · 7.0.6 · 7.0.10 · 7.0.11 · 7.0.12 · 7.0.14 · 7.0.16 · 7.0.19 · 7.0.20 · 7.0.21 · 7.0.22 · 7.0.23 · 7.0.25 · 7.0.26 · 7.0.27 · 7.0.28 · 7.0.29 · 7.0.30 · 7.0.32 · 7.0.33 · 7.0.34 · 7.0.35 · 7.0.37 · 7.0.39 · 7.0.40 · 7.0.41 · 7.0.42 · 7.0.47 · 7.0.50 · 7.0.52 · 7.0.53 · 7.0.54 · 7.0.55 · 7.0.56 · 7.0.57 · 7.0.59 · 7.0.61 · 7.0.62 · 7.0.63 · 7.0.64 · 7.0.65 · 8.0.0:rc1 · 8.0.0:rc10 · 8.0.0:rc3 · 8.0.0:rc5 · 8.0.1 · 8.0.3 · 8.0.11 · 8.0.12 · 8.0.14 · 8.0.15 · 8.0.17 · 8.0.18 · 8.0.20 · 8.0.21 · 8.0.22 · 8.0.23 · 8.0.24 · 8.0.26 · 8.0.27 · 8.0.28 · 8.0.29 · 9.0.0:milestone1
nvd canonical ubuntu linux generic 12.04 · 14.04 · 15.10 · 16.04
nvd debian debian linux generic 7.0 · 8.0
osv org.apache.tomcat tomcat generic ≥ 7.0.0 and < 7.0.66 · ≥ 8.0.0 and < 8.0.31 · ≥ 9.0.0 and < 9.0.0

References

URLTags
https://github.com/apache/tomcat/commit/04164c1f01b973e548d95511d417f414ca723cb8 WEB
https://github.com/apache/tomcat/commit/6287be37d8d06c320215c45f7e2b8380411692e0 WEB
https://github.com/apache/tomcat/commit/83679b99cd40caa401d173c8f8e72fc98eb5d5be WEB
https://github.com/apache/tomcat80/commit/41fbee7ba15435a831f765597ff907c56ebf2169 WEB
https://github.com/apache/tomcat80/commit/c39b7ffc2145644f7f3cf9e3cd4aada5048e56a0 WEB
https://web.archive.org/web/20160912063818/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/83323 WEB
https://web.archive.org/web/20160321234551/http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035069 WEB
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180531-0001 WEB
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-09 WEB
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9136ff5b13e4f1941360b5a309efee2c114a14855578c3a2cbe5d19c@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E WEB

Timeline

Published2016-02-25By the CVE Program.
NVD record modified2026-10-14NVD's own last-modified date for this record.