highREV. 01

CVE-2019-0232Apache Tomcat on Windows — Command Injection in the Gateway Servlet

On Windows, the gateway servlet in Apache Tomcat passes request text into a command line when argument passing is enabled, letting an attacker run commands on the server.

YOUR NEXT MOVE

Upgrade Tomcat past 9.0.17, 8.5.39 or 7.0.93, and leave command-line argument passing switched off.

Read the risk

THE VITAL STATS
CVSS score
8.1/ 10
CVSS v3.0
EPSS probability
100%
Likelihood of exploitation
Attack complexity
High
Conditions needed to exploit
Known exploited
Not listed
CVE published
2019-04-15
Exploit published
Not recorded
Confidence
high
Kill chain
initial access
MITRE ATT&CK
T1190, T1059
Severity
high

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attacker needsA Windows server with the gateway servlet and argument passing enabled

Behind the card

5 REFERENCES
Field-level provenanceTRACE THE SOURCES +

Which source supports each field, when it was retrieved, and who extracted it.

FieldsSourceRetrievedExtractorConfidence
cvss, exploitation.attack_complexity, exploitation.exploit_available, references, published_atnvd.nist.gov2026-08-07scrty-crds-pipeline/0.1high
epssapi.first.org2026-08-07scrty-crds-pipeline/0.1high
title, summary, severity, remediation, mitre_attack, kill_chain, recommended_action, confidence, tags, exploitation.prerequisitesnvd.nist.gov2026-08-07claude-codehigh

Printing history

THE RECORD
  1. r1Initial base card

First printing. This card has not been reprinted since publication.

crds:cve-2019-0232 · CRDS 0.1 · Issued 2026-08-07