CVE-2019-0232General(apache / tomcat)

LOWCVSS 8.1 · HIGH

Signal is active with 1 mentions in latest observed window

Immediate actions

  • Track advisory updates for patch or workaround availability

Recommended action window: Monitor and triage in normal cycle

NVD 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/).

0.5/ 10 priority

Sources & remediation

Weakness type (CWE)
CWE-78

Priority

LOW

Exploitation

NONE

PoC

NONE

Patch

NONE

Momentum

NONE

Are you affected?

If you run products in this scope, you should treat this CVE as relevant to your environment.

  • tomcat
  • windows

Threat summary

  • 1 mentions across 1 observed day

What's happening

  • Technical details provided in 1 signal
  • General: 1 classified signal
  • 1 total mentions across 1 day

Affected systems

Products
tomcatwindows

2 versions affected across 2 products

Deep dive

Activity timeline1 mentions / 1d
00111Mentions · 2026-07-01: 1Technical Details · 2026-07-01: 107-01
Signal classification1 categories
General
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Full discourse1 post
  • Sam Maina 🦍@swmaina
    General

    @Mike_Kutola A system unmaintained for 5 years is most likely insecure. It usually means no security updates or bug patches for 5yrs, and there's a large window in which even legacy exploits can cause mayhem, e.g. RCE flaws such as CVE-2017-12615 and CVE-2019-0232 for Tomcat 7.

    Post summary

    The post highlights that an unmaintained system may be vulnerable to legacy RCE flaws (CVE-2017-12615, CVE-2019-0232) but provides no evidence of ongoing exploitation or mitigation efforts.

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CPE platform detail28 entries

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