CVE-2016-8735Apache Tomcat Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

BOD 26-04 remediation window

With CISA's SSVC answers for this CVE (automatable: yes, technical impact: total), BOD 26-04 Table 1 gives 3 days and forensic triage on a publicly exposed asset (row 1) and 3 days and forensic triage on an asset that is not publicly exposed (row 9) ^S06. The catalogue due date, 21 days after the date added, was set before BOD 26-04 took effect on 10 June 2026 ^S06. The directive binds US federal civilian executive branch agencies only.

What CISA says

Short description

Apache Tomcat contains an unspecified vulnerability that allows for remote code execution if JmxRemoteLifecycleListener is used and an attacker can reach Java Management Extension (JMX) ports. This CVE exists because this listener wasn't updated for consistency with the Oracle patched issues for CVE-2016-3427 which affected credential types.

Required action

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Notes

https://tomcat.apache.org/security-9.html; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8735

CWE in the catalogue

CWE-284

Official links

• CISA KEV catalogue entry cisa.gov
• NVD record nvd.nist.gov

Vendor advisory and patch links

References NVD tags Vendor Advisory or Patch, exactly as NVD lists them.

• http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1767644 Broken Link, Patch; NVD marks this link broken
• http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1767656 Broken Link, Patch; NVD marks this link broken
• http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1767676 Broken Link, Patch; NVD marks this link broken
• http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1767684 Broken Link, Patch; NVD marks this link broken
• http://tomcat.apache.org/security-6.html Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
• http://tomcat.apache.org/security-7.html Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
• http://tomcat.apache.org/security-8.html Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
• http://tomcat.apache.org/security-9.html Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2018-3236628.html Patch, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2018-4258247.html Patch, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2017-3236626.html Patch, Third Party Advisory
• https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/343558d982879bf88ec20dbf707f8c11255f8e219e81d45c4f8d0551%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E Mailing List, Patch
• https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/37220405a377c0182d2afdbc36461c4783b2930fbeae3a17f1333113%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E Mailing List, Patch
• https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/388a323769f1dff84c9ec905455aa73fbcb20338e3c7eb131457f708%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E Mailing List, Patch
• https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/39ae1f0bd5867c15755a6f959b271ade1aea04ccdc3b2e639dcd903b%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E Mailing List, Patch
• https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/3d19773b4cf0377db62d1e9328bf9160bf1819f04f988315086931d7%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E Mailing List, Patch
• https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/6af47120905aa7d8fe12f42e8ff2284fb338ba141d3b77b8c7cb61b3%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E Mailing List, Patch
• https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/845312a10aabbe2c499fca94003881d2c79fc993d85f34c1f5c77424%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E Mailing List, Patch
• https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/88855876c33f2f9c532ffb75bfee570ccf0b17ffa77493745af9a17a%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E Mailing List, Patch
• https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/b5e3f51d28cd5d9b1809f56594f2cf63dcd6a90429e16ea9f83bbedc%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E Mailing List, Patch
• https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/b84ad1258a89de5c9c853c7f2d3ad77e5b8b2930be9e132d5cef6b95%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E Mailing List, Patch
• https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/b8a1bf18155b552dcf9a928ba808cbadad84c236d85eab3033662cfb%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E Mailing List, Patch
• https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r03c597a64de790ba42c167efacfa23300c3d6c9fe589ab87fe02859c%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E Mailing List, Patch
• https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r587e50b86c1a96ee301f751d50294072d142fd6dc08a8987ae9f3a9b%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E Mailing List, Patch
• https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9136ff5b13e4f1941360b5a309efee2c114a14855578c3a2cbe5d19c%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E Mailing List, Patch
• https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2019-5072813.html Patch, Third Party Advisory
• https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2019-5072835.html Patch, Third Party Advisory

Links in CISA's notes

• https://tomcat.apache.org/security-9.html
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8735

NVD details

CWE (NVD)

NVD-CWE-noinfo by nvd@nist.gov

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS versions in NVD

V2, V31

Last modified in NVD

2026-08-25T16:28:27.310

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