CVE Feed

    Dashboard / CVE / CVE-2017-12617

    CVE-2017-12617

    When 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. via setting the readonly initialisation parameter of the Default servlet to false) it was possible to upload a JSP file to the server via a specially crafted request. This JSP could then be requested and any code it contained would be executed by the server.

    Published:Sep 21, 2017
    Last Modified:Aug 25, 2026
    EPS:Oct 3, 2017
    EPSS Score:0.99988
    CVSS Score:8.1

    CISA Notification

    Description

    When 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. via setting the readonly initialisation parameter of the Default servlet to false) it was possible to upload a JSP file to the server via a specially crafted request. This JSP could then be requested and any code it contained would be executed by the server.

    Required Action:

    Apply updates per vendor instructions.

    Notes:

    No extra notes provided.

    Due Date
    Apr 15, 2022
    1610 days ago
    Alert Date
    Mar 25, 2022
    1631 days ago

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Apache
    Product
    Tomcat
    Vendor
    Canonical
    Product
    Ubuntu Linux
    Vendor
    Debian
    Product
    Debian Linux
    Vendor
    Netapp
    Product
    Active Iq Unified Manager
    Vendor
    Netapp
    Product
    Element
    Vendor
    Netapp
    Product
    Oncommand Balance
    Vendor
    Netapp
    Product
    Oncommand Insight
    Vendor
    Netapp
    Product
    Oncommand Shift
    Vendor
    Netapp
    Product
    Oncommand Workflow Automation
    Vendor
    Netapp
    Product
    Snapcenter
    Vendor
    Oracle
    Product
    Agile Product Lifecycle Management
    Vendor
    Oracle
    Product
    Communications Instant Messaging Server
    Vendor
    Oracle
    Product
    Endeca Information Discovery Integrator
    Vendor
    Oracle
    Product
    Enterprise Manager For Mysql Database
    Vendor
    Oracle
    Product
    Financial Services Analytical Applications Infrastructure
    Vendor
    Oracle
    Product
    Fmw Platform
    Vendor
    Oracle
    Product
    Health Sciences Empirica Inspections
    Vendor
    Oracle
    Product
    Hospitality Guest Access
    Vendor
    Oracle
    Product
    Instantis Enterprisetrack
    Vendor
    Oracle
    Product
    Management Pack
    Vendor
    Oracle
    Product
    Micros Lucas
    Vendor
    Oracle
    Product
    Micros Retail Xbri Loss Prevention
    Vendor
    Oracle
    Product
    Mysql Enterprise Monitor
    Vendor
    Oracle
    Product
    Retail Advanced Inventory Planning
    Vendor
    Oracle
    Product
    Retail Back Office
    Vendor
    Oracle
    Product
    Retail Central Office
    Vendor
    Oracle
    Product
    Retail Convenience And Fuel Pos Software
    Vendor
    Oracle
    Product
    Retail Eftlink
    Vendor
    Oracle
    Product
    Retail Insights
    Vendor
    Oracle
    Product
    Retail Invoice Matching
    Vendor
    Oracle
    Product
    Retail Order Broker
    Vendor
    Oracle
    Product
    Retail Order Management System
    Vendor
    Oracle
    Product
    Retail Point-of-service
    Vendor
    Oracle
    Product
    Retail Price Management
    Vendor
    Oracle
    Product
    Retail Returns Management
    Vendor
    Oracle
    Product
    Retail Store Inventory Management
    Vendor
    Oracle
    Product
    Retail Xstore Point Of Service
    Vendor
    Oracle
    Product
    Transportation Management
    Vendor
    Oracle
    Product
    Tuxedo System And Applications Monitor
    Vendor
    Oracle
    Product
    Webcenter Sites
    Vendor
    Oracle
    Product
    Workload Manager
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux Desktop
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux Eus
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux Eus Compute Node
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux For Ibm Z Systems
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux For Ibm Z Systems Eus
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux For Power Big Endian
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux For Power Big Endian Eus
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux For Power Little Endian
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux For Power Little Endian Eus
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux Server
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux Server Aus
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux Server Tus
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux Workstation
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Fuse
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Jboss Enterprise Application Platform
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Jboss Enterprise Web Server
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Jboss Enterprise Web Server Text-only Advisories
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Jboss Fuse

    Exploits

    https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42966/https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43008/https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42966/https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43008/https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43008https://github.com/cyberheartmi9/CVE-2017-12617https://github.com/DevaDJ/CVE-2017-12617https://github.com/devcoinfet/CVE-2017-12617https://github.com/jptr218/tc_hackhttps://github.com/K3ysTr0K3R/CVE-2017-12617-EXPLOIThttps://github.com/LongWayHomie/CVE-2017-12617https://github.com/qiantu88/CVE-2017-12617https://github.com/scirusvulgaris/CVE-2017-12617https://github.com/tyranteye666/tomcat-cve-2017-12617https://github.com/ygouzerh/CVE-2017-12617https://github.com/yZee00/CVE-2017-12617https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42966

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    CAPEC-1 Accessing Functionality Not Properly Constrained by ACLs
    CAPEC-10 Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables
    CAPEC-101 Server Side Include (SSI) Injection
    CAPEC-104 Cross Zone Scripting
    CAPEC-108 Command Line Execution through SQL Injection
    CAPEC-109 Object Relational Mapping Injection
    CAPEC-110 SQL Injection through SOAP Parameter Tampering
    CAPEC-120 Double Encoding
    CAPEC-13 Subverting Environment Variable Values
    CAPEC-135 Format String Injection
    CAPEC-136 LDAP Injection
    CAPEC-14 Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow
    CAPEC-153 Input Data Manipulation
    CAPEC-182 Flash Injection
    CAPEC-209 XSS Using MIME Type Mismatch
    CAPEC-22 Exploiting Trust in Client
    CAPEC-23 File Content Injection
    CAPEC-230 Serialized Data with Nested Payloads
    CAPEC-231 Oversized Serialized Data Payloads
    CAPEC-24 Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow
    CAPEC-250 XML Injection
    CAPEC-261 Fuzzing for garnering other adjacent user/sensitive data
    CAPEC-267 Leverage Alternate Encoding
    CAPEC-28 Fuzzing
    CAPEC-3 Using Leading 'Ghost' Character Sequences to Bypass Input Filters
    CAPEC-31 Accessing/Intercepting/Modifying HTTP Cookies
    CAPEC-42 MIME Conversion
    CAPEC-43 Exploiting Multiple Input Interpretation Layers
    CAPEC-45 Buffer Overflow via Symbolic Links
    CAPEC-46 Overflow Variables and Tags
    CAPEC-47 Buffer Overflow via Parameter Expansion
    CAPEC-473 Signature Spoof
    CAPEC-52 Embedding NULL Bytes
    CAPEC-53 Postfix, Null Terminate, and Backslash
    CAPEC-588 DOM-Based XSS
    CAPEC-63 Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
    CAPEC-64 Using Slashes and URL Encoding Combined to Bypass Validation Logic
    CAPEC-664 Server Side Request Forgery
    CAPEC-67 String Format Overflow in syslog()
    CAPEC-7 Blind SQL Injection
    CAPEC-71 Using Unicode Encoding to Bypass Validation Logic
    CAPEC-72 URL Encoding
    CAPEC-73 User-Controlled Filename
    CAPEC-78 Using Escaped Slashes in Alternate Encoding
    CAPEC-79 Using Slashes in Alternate Encoding
    CAPEC-8 Buffer Overflow in an API Call
    CAPEC-80 Using UTF-8 Encoding to Bypass Validation Logic
    CAPEC-81 Web Server Logs Tampering
    CAPEC-83 XPath Injection
    CAPEC-85 AJAX Footprinting
    CAPEC-88 OS Command Injection
    CAPEC-9 Buffer Overflow in Local Command-Line Utilities

    Related CVEs

    CVE-2026-73180 (CVSS 6.8) — Insufficient Session Expiration vulnerability in Apache Tomcat meant that if the session ID for an authenticat…
    CVE-2026-68763 (CVSS 7.5) — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability in Apache Tomcat via an allocation leak in the HTTP/2 backlog …
    CVE-2026-68569 (CVSS 8.1) — Improper Authentication vulnerability in Apache Tomcat meant that in some circumstances (e.g. CLIENT-CERT, SPN…
    CVE-2026-68525 (CVSS 9.1) — Incorrect Authorization vulnerability in Apache Tomcat's FORM authentication process allows the bypassing of a…
    CVE-2026-66422 (CVSS 8.1) — Improper Authorization vulnerability in Apache Tomcat cause by security-role-ref definitions being incorrectly…
    CVE-2026-65927 (CVSS 7.5) — Off-by-one Error vulnerability in Apache Tomcat impacting the [N] flag on the rewrite valves causes rewrite pr…
    CVE-2026-65905 (CVSS 9.8) — Authentication Bypass by Capture-replay vulnerability in Apache Tomcat's DIGEST authenticator. If, before wind…
    CVE-2026-65637 (CVSS 9.8) — Improper Input Validation vulnerability in Apache Tomcat due to incomplete fix for CVE-2026-32990. This iss…
    CVE-2026-65183 (CVSS 8.1) — Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition vulnerability in Apache Tomcat when creating unix domain soc…
    CVE-2026-65182 (CVSS 9.1) — Improper Access Control, Incorrect Authorization vulnerability in Apache Tomcat leads to security constraint b…

    References

    http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2018-3678067.html
    http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2018-3236628.html
    http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2018-4258247.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100954
    http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039552
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3080
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3081
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3113
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3114
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0268
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0269
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0270
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0271
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0275
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0465
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0466
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2939
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/1dd0a59c1295cc08ce4c9e7edae5ad2268acc9ba55adcefa0532e5ba%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/343558d982879bf88ec20dbf707f8c11255f8e219e81d45c4f8d0551%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/388a323769f1dff84c9ec905455aa73fbcb20338e3c7eb131457f708%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/3d19773b4cf0377db62d1e9328bf9160bf1819f04f988315086931d7%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/3fd341a604c4e9eab39e7eaabbbac39c30101a022acc11dd09d7ebcb%40%3Cannounce.tomcat.apache.org%3E
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/5c0e00fd31efc11e147bf99d0f03c00a734447d3b131ab0818644cdb%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/6af47120905aa7d8fe12f42e8ff2284fb338ba141d3b77b8c7cb61b3%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/845312a10aabbe2c499fca94003881d2c79fc993d85f34c1f5c77424%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/88855876c33f2f9c532ffb75bfee570ccf0b17ffa77493745af9a17a%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/b5e3f51d28cd5d9b1809f56594f2cf63dcd6a90429e16ea9f83bbedc%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/e85e83e9954f169bbb77b44baae5a33d8de878df557bb32b7f793661%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/eb6efa8d59c45a7a9eff94c4b925467d3b3fec8ba7697f3daa314b04%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r3bbb800a816d0a51eccc5a228c58736960a9fffafa581a225834d97d%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r48c1444845fe15a823e1374674bfc297d5008a5453788099ea14caf0%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r6ccee4e849bc77df0840c7f853f6bd09d426f6741247da2b7429d5d9%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9136ff5b13e4f1941360b5a309efee2c114a14855578c3a2cbe5d19c%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/raba0fabaf4d56d4325ab2aca8814f0b30a237ab83d8106b115ee279a%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
    https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00009.html
    https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20171018-0002/
    https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180117-0002/
    https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K53173544
    https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbhf03812en_us
    https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbux03828en_us
    https://usn.ubuntu.com/3665-1/
    https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42966/
    https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43008/
    https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2019-5072813.html
    http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2018-3678067.html
    http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2018-3236628.html
    http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2018-4258247.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100954
    http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039552
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3080
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3081
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3113
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3114
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0268
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0269
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0270
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0271
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0275
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0465
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0466
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2939
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/1dd0a59c1295cc08ce4c9e7edae5ad2268acc9ba55adcefa0532e5ba%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/343558d982879bf88ec20dbf707f8c11255f8e219e81d45c4f8d0551%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/388a323769f1dff84c9ec905455aa73fbcb20338e3c7eb131457f708%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/3d19773b4cf0377db62d1e9328bf9160bf1819f04f988315086931d7%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/3fd341a604c4e9eab39e7eaabbbac39c30101a022acc11dd09d7ebcb%40%3Cannounce.tomcat.apache.org%3E
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/5c0e00fd31efc11e147bf99d0f03c00a734447d3b131ab0818644cdb%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/6af47120905aa7d8fe12f42e8ff2284fb338ba141d3b77b8c7cb61b3%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/845312a10aabbe2c499fca94003881d2c79fc993d85f34c1f5c77424%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/88855876c33f2f9c532ffb75bfee570ccf0b17ffa77493745af9a17a%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/b5e3f51d28cd5d9b1809f56594f2cf63dcd6a90429e16ea9f83bbedc%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/e85e83e9954f169bbb77b44baae5a33d8de878df557bb32b7f793661%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/eb6efa8d59c45a7a9eff94c4b925467d3b3fec8ba7697f3daa314b04%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r3bbb800a816d0a51eccc5a228c58736960a9fffafa581a225834d97d%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r48c1444845fe15a823e1374674bfc297d5008a5453788099ea14caf0%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r6ccee4e849bc77df0840c7f853f6bd09d426f6741247da2b7429d5d9%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9136ff5b13e4f1941360b5a309efee2c114a14855578c3a2cbe5d19c%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/raba0fabaf4d56d4325ab2aca8814f0b30a237ab83d8106b115ee279a%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
    https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00009.html
    https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20171018-0002/
    https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180117-0002/
    https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K53173544
    https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbhf03812en_us
    https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbux03828en_us
    https://usn.ubuntu.com/3665-1/
    https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42966/
    https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43008/
    https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2019-5072813.html
    https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2017-12617

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High