java/org/apache/catalina/servlets/DefaultServlet.java in the default servlet in Apache Tomcat before 6.0.40, 7.x before 7.0.53, and 8.x…

Description

java/org/apache/catalina/servlets/DefaultServlet.java in the default servlet in Apache Tomcat before 6.0.40, 7.x before 7.0.53, and 8.x before 8.0.4 does not properly restrict XSLT stylesheets, which allows remote attackers to bypass security-manager restrictions and read arbitrary files via a crafted web application that provides an XML external entity declaration in conjunction with an entity reference, related to an XML External Entity (XXE) issue.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

6.9% · top 5.9% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: partial

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.3.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-264 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-264 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

Affected packages

From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.

• Mavenorg.apache.tomcat:tomcatGHSA-qprx-q2r7-3rx6 (opens in a new tab)
• Mavenorg.apache.tomcat:tomcat-catalinaGHSA-qprx-q2r7-3rx6 (opens in a new tab)

References (48)

• http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0268.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• http://www.novell.com/support/kb/doc.php?id=7010166 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 67667 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• 59121 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• RHSA-2015:0765 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• 59732 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 59835 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• RHSA-2015:0675 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2014-0012.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21681528 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• MDVSA-2015:052 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
• RHSA-2015:0720 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• 59849 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-0865.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1578637 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• MDVSA-2015:084 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
• 1030301 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
• DSA-3530 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• 59678 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• HPSBUX03102 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
• http://tomcat.apache.org/security-7.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 20141205 NEW: VMSA-2014-0012 - VMware vSphere product updates address security vulnerabilities (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• MDVSA-2015:053 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2016-2881722.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• FEDORA-2015-2109 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• http://tomcat.apache.org/security-8.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21678231 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1585853 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 59616 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 20140527 [SECURITY] CVE-2014-0096 Apache Tomcat information disclosure (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
• http://tomcat.apache.org/security-6.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• https://h20564.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c04851013 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujul2014-1972956.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1578655 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 59873 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 20141205 NEW: VMSA-2014-0012 - VMware vSphere product updates address security vulnerabilities (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
• HPSBOV03503 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuoct2014-1972960.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1578610 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1578611 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• DSA-3552 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• 60729 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• [tomcat-dev] 20190319 svn commit: r1855831 [23/30] - in /tomcat/site/trunk: ./ docs/ xdocs/ (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• [tomcat-dev] 20190325 svn commit: r1856174 [21/29] - in /tomcat/site/trunk: docs/ xdocs/ xdocs/stylesheets/ (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• [tomcat-dev] 20190413 svn commit: r1857494 [15/20] - in /tomcat/site/trunk: ./ docs/ xdocs/ (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• [tomcat-dev] 20190415 svn commit: r1857582 [16/22] - in /tomcat/site/trunk: docs/ xdocs/stylesheets/ (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• [tomcat-dev] 20200203 svn commit: r1873527 [23/30] - /tomcat/site/trunk/docs/ (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• [tomcat-dev] 20200213 svn commit: r1873980 [26/34] - /tomcat/site/trunk/docs/ (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisory GHSA-qprx-q2r7-3rx6 (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

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Record last updated 14 Oct 2026, 16:19 UTC.