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Moderate severityNVD Advisory· Published Dec 19, 2012· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2012-3546

CVE-2012-3546

Description

org/apache/catalina/realm/RealmBase.java in Apache Tomcat 6.x before 6.0.36 and 7.x before 7.0.30, when FORM authentication is used, allows remote attackers to bypass security-constraint checks by leveraging a previous setUserPrincipal call and then placing /j_security_check at the end of a URI.

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Affected packages

Versions sourced from the GitHub Security Advisory.

PackageAffected versionsPatched versions
org.apache.tomcat:tomcatMaven
>= 6.0.0, < 6.0.366.0.36
org.apache.tomcat:tomcatMaven
>= 7.0.0, < 7.0.307.0.30

Affected products

67
  • Apache/Tomcat66 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 65 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.0:alpha:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.1:alpha:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.24:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.26:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.27:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.28:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.29:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.2:alpha:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.2:beta:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.30:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.31:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.32:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.33:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.35:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.9:beta:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:7.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:7.0.0:beta:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:7.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:7.0.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:7.0.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:7.0.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:7.0.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:7.0.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:7.0.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:7.0.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:7.0.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:7.0.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:7.0.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:7.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:7.0.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:7.0.21:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:7.0.22:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:7.0.23:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:7.0.25:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:7.0.28:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:7.0.2:beta:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:7.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:7.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:7.0.4:beta:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:7.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:7.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:7.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:7.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:7.0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • ghsa-coords
    pkg:maven/org.apache.tomcat/tomcat
    Range: >= 6.0.0, < 6.0.36

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

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