CVE•Published 2017-04-06•Modified 2026-08-25•1 article on news•5 live references•NVD data
CVE-2016-8735Apache · Tomcat
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
9.8
CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS percentile
100
Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 0% of all CVEs
Description
Remote code execution is possible with Apache Tomcat before 6.0.48, 7.x before 7.0.73, 8.x before 8.0.39, 8.5.x before 8.5.7, and 9.x before 9.0.0.M12 if JmxRemoteLifecycleListener is used and an attacker can reach JMX ports. The issue exists because this listener wasn't updated for consistency with the CVE-2016-3427 Oracle patch that affected credential types.
Timeline
Published 2017-04-06
Modified 2026-08-25
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 tag124 hosts
vuln:CVE-2016-8735Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.
Shodan · product
product:"Apache Tomcat"All exposed Apache Tomcat instances — cross-reference with the CVE's affected-version range.
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-2016-8735Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2016-8735Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2016-8735Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2016-8735GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2016-8735" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.