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

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

• apache tomcat7.0.0 and later · up to 7.0.93 inclusive
• apache tomcat8.5.0 and later · up to 8.5.39 inclusive
• apache tomcat9.0.1 and later · up to 9.0.17 inclusive
• apache tomcat9.0.0

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (apache). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

• Apache Tomcat

  • 9.0.0.M1 to 9.0.17, 8.5.0 to 8.5.39, 7.0.0 to 7.0.93affected

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

• CVE-2025-24813Apache Tomcat: Potential RCE and/or information disclosure and/or information corruption with partial PUTKEV
  99Now
• CVE-2016-8735Remote code execution is possible with Apache Tomcat before 6.0.48, 7.x before 7.0.73, 8.x before 8.0.39, 8.5.x before 8.5.7, and 9.x beforeKEV
  96Now
• CVE-2017-12617When running Apache Tomcat versions 9.0.0.M1 to 9.0.0, 8.5.0 to 8.5.22, 8.0.0.RC1 to 8.0.46 and 7.0.0 to 7.0.81 with HTTP PUTs enabled (e.g.KEV
  92Now
• CVE-2017-12615When running Apache Tomcat 7.0.0 to 7.0.79 on Windows with HTTP PUTs enabled (e.g.KEV
  92Now
• CVE-2026-34486Apache Tomcat: Fix for CVE-2026-29146 allowed bypass of EncryptInterceptorKEV
  62This week
• CVE-2020-13935The payload length in a WebSocket frame was not correctly validated in Apache Tomcat 10.0.0-M1 to 10.0.0-M6, 9.0.0.M1 to 9.0.36, 8.5.0 to 8.
  56Plan

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Root cause

User input is inserted as text into a shell command. The shell may interpret special characters in the input as part of the command.

A representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.

1const host = req.body.host;2exec("ping -c 1 " + host, onResult);

1const host = req.body.host;2if (!/^[a-z0-9.-]{1,253}$/i.test(host)) return res.sendStatus(400);3execFile("ping", ["-c", "1", host], onResult);

Attack context

MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.