CVE-2012-5886
The HTTP Digest Access Authentication implementation in Apache Tomcat 5.5.x before 5.5.36, 6.x before 6.0.36, and 7.x before 7.0.30 caches…
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Description
The HTTP Digest Access Authentication implementation in Apache Tomcat 5.5.x before 5.5.36, 6.x before 6.0.36, and 7.x before 7.0.30 caches information about the authenticated user within the session state, which makes it easier for remote attackers to bypass authentication via vectors related to the session ID.
Timeline
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By mitre
Published
- 14 years later
· 14 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 8.8% · top 4.8% of all CVEs (8 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 5.0.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Mavenorg.apache.tomcat:tomcat-catalinaGHSA-9xrj-439h-62hg (opens in a new tab)
References (23)
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21626891 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 51371 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2012:1700 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1392248 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2013:0631 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2013:0640 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- USN-1637-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- 56403 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://tomcat.apache.org/security-7.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2013:0648 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- tomcat-http-Digest-security-bypass(80407) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- RHSA-2013:0633 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2013:0629 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2013:0647 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2013:0632 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- http://tomcat.apache.org/security-6.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1380829 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2013:0147 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- RHSA-2013:0623 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- http://tomcat.apache.org/security-5.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1377807 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2012:1701 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- RHSA-2013:0726 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_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-9xrj-439h-62hg (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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