CVE-2019-0232

HIGH 15 PoCs
ACT NOW Priority: 8.09 BB Relevance: 86/100
Published: 2019-04-15 Modified: 2026-11-02 First seen: 2026-11-02 Status: active

Attack Surface

Network No Auth No Interaction Conf. Impact Integ. Impact

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV: Network
AC: High
PR: None
UI: None
S: Unchanged
C: High
I: High
A: High

Description

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/).

Weakness Classification (1)

Affected Software (30)

VendorProductVersion
Apache Tomcat 9.0.0.M1 to 9.0.17
Apache Tomcat 8.5.0 to 8.5.39
Apache Tomcat 7.0.0 to 7.0.93
apache tomcat 7.0.0 – 7.0.93
apache tomcat 9.0.0
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References & Advisories (32)

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1712
vendor-advisory x_refsource_REDHAT
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107906
vdb-entry x_refsource_BID
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Bug Bounty Relevance

86 / 100
✓ Network accessible
✓ No authentication
✓ No user interaction
✓ PoC available (15)
✓ High exploitation probability

CVSS Score

8.1 / 10.0 v3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS — Exploitation Probability

99.92%
Raw Score 0.999230
Percentile 100.0%
Date 2026-11-13

EPSS Trend

2026-11-13
0.99923
2026-11-12
0.99923
2026-11-10
0.99923
2026-11-09
0.99923
2026-11-08
0.99923
2026-11-07
0.99923
2026-11-06
0.99923
2026-11-05
0.99923
2026-11-04
0.99923
2026-11-03
0.99923
2026-11-02
0.99923

Intelligence Sources

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