{"id":"CVE-2016-6794","aliases":["GHSA-2rvf-329f-p99g"],"url":"https://o3.security/vulnerability/CVE-2016-6794","summary":"System Property Disclosure in Apache Tomcat","details":"When a SecurityManager is configured, a web application's ability to read system properties should be controlled by the SecurityManager. In Apache Tomcat 9.0.0.M1 to 9.0.0.M9, 8.5.0 to 8.5.4, 8.0.0.RC1 to 8.0.36, 7.0.0 to 7.0.70, 6.0.0 to 6.0.45 the system property replacement feature for configuration files could be used by a malicious web application to bypass the SecurityManager and read system properties that should not be visible.","published":"2017-08-10T16:29:00.530Z","modified":"2026-07-08T05:49:00.044853003Z","cvss":{"score":5.3,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N"},"epss":null,"cisaKev":null,"exploitsKnown":0,"affectedPackages":[{"ecosystem":"Maven","name":"org.apache.tomcat:tomcat","fixedVersion":"6.0.47"},{"ecosystem":"Maven","name":"org.apache.tomcat:tomcat","fixedVersion":"7.0.72"},{"ecosystem":"Maven","name":"org.apache.tomcat:tomcat","fixedVersion":"8.0.37"},{"ecosystem":"Maven","name":"org.apache.tomcat:tomcat","fixedVersion":"8.5.5"},{"ecosystem":"Maven","name":"org.apache.tomcat:tomcat","fixedVersion":"9.0.0.M10"}],"fix":null,"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93943"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037143"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/09d2f2c65ac4ff5da42f15dc2b0f78b655e50f1a42e8a9784134a9eb%40%3Cannounce.tomcat.apache.org%3E"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/343558d982879bf88ec20dbf707f8c11255f8e219e81d45c4f8d0551%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/37220405a377c0182d2afdbc36461c4783b2930fbeae3a17f1333113%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/388a323769f1dff84c9ec905455aa73fbcb20338e3c7eb131457f708%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/39ae1f0bd5867c15755a6f959b271ade1aea04ccdc3b2e639dcd903b%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/3d19773b4cf0377db62d1e9328bf9160bf1819f04f988315086931d7%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/6af47120905aa7d8fe12f42e8ff2284fb338ba141d3b77b8c7cb61b3%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/845312a10aabbe2c499fca94003881d2c79fc993d85f34c1f5c77424%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/88855876c33f2f9c532ffb75bfee570ccf0b17ffa77493745af9a17a%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/b5e3f51d28cd5d9b1809f56594f2cf63dcd6a90429e16ea9f83bbedc%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/b84ad1258a89de5c9c853c7f2d3ad77e5b8b2930be9e132d5cef6b95%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/b8a1bf18155b552dcf9a928ba808cbadad84c236d85eab3033662cfb%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r03c597a64de790ba42c167efacfa23300c3d6c9fe589ab87fe02859c%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r587e50b86c1a96ee301f751d50294072d142fd6dc08a8987ae9f3a9b%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9136ff5b13e4f1941360b5a309efee2c114a14855578c3a2cbe5d19c%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0457.html"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3720"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0455"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0456"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2247"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180605-0001/"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://usn.ubuntu.com/4557-1/"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html"}],"provenance":{"sources":["OSV.dev","FIRST.org (EPSS)"],"lastVerified":"2026-07-08T05:49:00.044853003Z"}}