# CVE-2013-4590: Apache Tomcat before 6.0.39, 7.x before 7.0.50, and 8.x before 8.0.0-RC10 allows attackers to obtain "Tomcat internals" information by lever

- Also known as: GHSA-87W9-X2C3-HRJJ
- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 6.0.39, 7.0.50, 8.0.0-RC10
- Published: 2014-02-26 · Updated: 2026-10-09

## Affected

- org.apache.tomcat:tomcat (Maven): fixed in 6.0.39
- org.apache.tomcat:tomcat (Maven): from 7.0.0, fixed in 7.0.50
- org.apache.tomcat:tomcat (Maven): from 8.0.0-RC1, fixed in 8.0.0-RC10

## Description

Apache Tomcat before 6.0.39, 7.x before 7.0.50, and 8.x before 8.0.0-RC10 allows attackers to obtain "Tomcat internals" information by leveraging the presence of an untrusted web application with a context.xml, web.xml, *.jspx, *.tagx, or *.tld XML document containing an external entity declaration in conjunction with an entity reference, related to an XML External Entity (XXE) issue.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on org.apache.tomcat:tomcat, upgrade to a fixed version (6.0.39, 7.0.50, 8.0.0-RC10) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2014-0008.html
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:052
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59724
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:084
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3530
- http://tomcat.apache.org/security-7.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2016-2881722.html
- http://tomcat.apache.org/security-8.html
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21677147
- http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1549528
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21678231
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0148.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1069911
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59722
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65768
- http://tomcat.apache.org/security-6.html
- https://h20564.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c04851013
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59873
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21667883
- http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1558828
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=144498216801440&w=2
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuoct2014-1972960.html
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21675886
- http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1549529
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59036

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