CVE•Published 2012-11-17•Modified 2026-10-09•1 article on news•4 live references•NVD data
CVE-2012-5886Apache · Tomcat
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
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EPSS percentile
95
Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 5% of all CVEs
Weaknesses (CWE)
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
Published 2012-11-17
Modified 2026-10-09
External references
Search for exposed instances
Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).
Shodan · vuln tag0 hosts
vuln:CVE-2012-5886Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.
Shodan · product + version
product:"Apache Tomcat" version:"5.5.0"Version-pinned fingerprint from NVD's first vulnerable CPE.
Shodan · banner/body mention
http.html:"Tomcat"HTTP body or banner mentions "Tomcat" — catches deploys Shodan didn't identify as a product.
More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2012-5886Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2012-5886Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2012-5886Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2012-5886GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2012-5886" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.
Known PoCs on GitHub
No public proof-of-concept repositories found for CVE-2012-5886 on GitHub.