CVE-2019-0232

tomcat: Remote Code Execution on Windows

Published Apr 15, 2019 CVSS 3.0 · 8.1 High EPSS 99.9% KEV · Not listed
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/).

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-8vmx-qmch-mpqg Apache Tomcat OS Command Injection vulnerability
References
Link Providers
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153506/Apache-Tomcat-CGIServlet-enableCmdLineArguments-Remote-Code-Execution.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/May/4 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107906 cve-icon cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1712 cve-icon cve-icon
https://blog.trendmicro.com/trendlabs-security-intelligence/uncovering-cve-2019-0232-a-remote-code-execution-vulnerability-in-apache-tomcat/ cve-icon cve-icon
https://codewhitesec.blogspot.com/2016/02/java-and-command-line-injections-in-windows.html cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/1dd0a59c1295cc08ce4c9e7edae5ad2268acc9ba55adcefa0532e5ba%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/3d19773b4cf0377db62d1e9328bf9160bf1819f04f988315086931d7%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/52ffb9fbf661245386a83a661183d13f1de2e5779fa23837a08e02ac%40%3Ccommits.ofbiz.apache.org%3E cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/5f297a4b9080b5f65a05bc139596d0e437d6a539b25e31d29d028767%40%3Cannounce.tomcat.apache.org%3E cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/673b6148d92cd7bc99ea2dcf85ad75d57da44fc322d51f37fb529a2a%40%3Ccommits.ofbiz.apache.org%3E cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/6af47120905aa7d8fe12f42e8ff2284fb338ba141d3b77b8c7cb61b3%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/96849486813a95dfd542e1618b7923ca945508aaf4a4341f674d83e3%40%3Cnotifications.ofbiz.apache.org%3E cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/a6c87a09a71162fd563ab1c4e70a08a103e0b7c199fc391f1c9c4c35%40%3Ccommits.ofbiz.apache.org%3E cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/dd4b325cdb261183dbf5ce913c102920a8f09c26dae666a98309165b%40%3Cnotifications.ofbiz.apache.org%3E cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/f4d48b32ef2b6aa49c8830241a9475da5b46e451f964b291c7a0a715%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r3bbb800a816d0a51eccc5a228c58736960a9fffafa581a225834d97d%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r48c1444845fe15a823e1374674bfc297d5008a5453788099ea14caf0%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r6ccee4e849bc77df0840c7f853f6bd09d426f6741247da2b7429d5d9%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r6d03e45b81eab03580cf7f8bb51cb3e9a1b10a2cc0c6a2d3cc92ed0c%40%3Cannounce.apache.org%3E cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9136ff5b13e4f1941360b5a309efee2c114a14855578c3a2cbe5d19c%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/raba0fabaf4d56d4325ab2aca8814f0b30a237ab83d8106b115ee279a%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E cve-icon cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-0232 cve-icon
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190419-0001/ cve-icon cve-icon
https://web.archive.org/web/20161228144344/https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/twistylittlepassagesallalike/2011/04/23/everyone-quotes-command-line-arguments-the-wrong-way/ cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.broadcom.com/support/fibre-channel-networking/security-advisories/brocade-security-advisory-2019-784 cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-0232 cve-icon
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2020.html cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2019-5072835.html cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2019-5072832.html cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.synology.com/security/advisory/Synology_SA_19_17 cve-icon cve-icon
https://wwws.nightwatchcybersecurity.com/2019/04/30/remote-code-execution-rce-in-cgi-servlet-apache-tomcat-on-windows-cve-2019-0232/ cve-icon cve-icon
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
apache
Published
Updated
Nov 2, 2026, 5:30 PM
Reserved
Nov 14, 2018, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Apr 15, 2019, 3:29 PM
Modified
Nov 2, 2026, 6:18 PM
Severity
Important
Public date
Apr 10, 2019, 12:00 AM