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GHSA-8vmx-qmch-mpqg

GitHub Security Advisory

Apache Tomcat OS Command Injection vulnerability

✓ GitHub Reviewed HIGH Has CVE

Advisory Details

When running on Windows with enableCmdLineArguments enabled, the CGI Servlet in Apache Tomcat 9.0.0.M1 to 9.0.17, 8.5.0 to 8.5.39 and 7.0.0 to 7.0.93 is vulnerable to Remote Code Execution due to a bug in the way the JRE passes command line arguments to Windows. The CGI Servlet is disabled by default. The CGI option enableCmdLineArguments is disable by default in Tomcat 9.0.x (and will be disabled by default in all versions in response to this vulnerability). For a detailed explanation of the JRE behaviour, see Markus Wulftange's blog (https://codewhitesec.blogspot.com/2016/02/java-and-command-line-injections-in-windows.html) and this archived MSDN blog (https://web.archive.org/web/20161228144344/https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/twistylittlepassagesallalike/2011/04/23/everyone-quotes-command-line-arguments-the-wrong-way/).

Affected Packages

Maven org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core
Affected versions: 9.0.0.M1 (fixed in 9.0.17)
Maven org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core
Affected versions: 8.0.0 (fixed in 8.5.40)
Maven org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core
Affected versions: 7.0.0 (fixed in 7.0.94)

Related CVEs

Key Information

GHSA ID
GHSA-8vmx-qmch-mpqg
Published
April 18, 2019 2:27 PM
Last Modified
December 8, 2023 11:08 PM
CVSS Score
7.5 /10
Primary Ecosystem
Maven
Primary Package
org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core
GitHub Reviewed
✓ Yes

Dataset

Last updated: September 11, 2025 6:35 AM

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