Apache Tomcat may be started without proper security settings

HIGH 7.5CVE-2002-0493 · GHSA-p543-jg43-9pm5 · Published 12/08/2002 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2002-0493 is a HIGH (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability affecting org.apache.tomcat:tomcat, tomcat (apache).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 3.8%, higher than 90.0% of all vulnerabilities.
Fix: update to 4.0b7 or later.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
org.apache.tomcat:tomcat Maven	`< 4.0b7`	`4.0b7`
tomcat apache	`≤ 3.3.2`	No fix yet

Description

Apache Tomcat may be started without proper security settings if errors are encountered while reading the web.xml file, which could allow attackers to bypass intended restrictions.

NVD description

Apache Tomcat may be started without proper security settings if errors are encountered while reading the web.xml file, which could allow attackers to bypass intended restrictions.

References

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