The SSI printenv command in Apache Tomcat 9.0.0.M1 to 9.0.0.17, 8.5.0 to 8.5.39 and 7.0.0 to 7.0.93 echoes user provided data without escaping and is, therefore, vulnerable to XSS. SSI is disabled by default. The printenv command is intended for debugging and is unlikely to be present in a production website.
CVE-2019-0221
This medium-severity CVE scores 6.1 under NVD CVSS v3. EPSS exploit probability: 14.5%, top 5% of all CVEs by exploit prediction. GitHub Security Advisory data not yet ingested — confidence will rise once GHSA publishes (typical lag: hours to days for open-source ecosystem CVEs; never for infrastructure-only CVEs).
- Lower severity and no public exploit yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 6.1
- EG Score
- 6.1(medium)
- EPSS
- 98.7%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
May 28, 2019
Last Modified
November 21, 2024
References (58)
- security@apachehttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00090.html
- security@apachehttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00054.html
- security@apachehttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/163457/Apache-Tomcat-9.0.0.M1-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
- security@apachehttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/May/50
- security@apachehttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108545
- security@apachehttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3929
- security@apachehttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3931
- security@apachehttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/6e6e9eacf7b28fd63d249711e9d3ccd4e0a83f556e324aee37be5a8c%40%3Cannounce.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- security@apachehttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r3bbb800a816d0a51eccc5a228c58736960a9fffafa581a225834d97d%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- security@apachehttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r48c1444845fe15a823e1374674bfc297d5008a5453788099ea14caf0%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- security@apachehttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r6ccee4e849bc77df0840c7f853f6bd09d426f6741247da2b7429d5d9%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- security@apachehttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r6d03e45b81eab03580cf7f8bb51cb3e9a1b10a2cc0c6a2d3cc92ed0c%40%3Cannounce.apache.org%3E
- security@apachehttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9136ff5b13e4f1941360b5a309efee2c114a14855578c3a2cbe5d19c%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- security@apachehttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/raba0fabaf4d56d4325ab2aca8814f0b30a237ab83d8106b115ee279a%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- security@apachehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/05/msg00044.html
Vendor Advisories for CVE-2019-0221(1)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
Patch Availability(6)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ubuntu | tomcat9-user (9.0.16-3ubuntu0.19.04.1) @ disco | 2026-05-27 | ubuntu |
| ubuntu | tomcat8-user (8.0.32-1ubuntu1.10) @ xenial | 2026-05-27 | ubuntu |
| ubuntu | tomcat7-user (7.0.68-1ubuntu0.4+esm2) @ xenial | 2026-05-27 | ubuntu |
| redhat | tomcat | 2020-03-17 | redhat |
| redhat | tomcat-native-0:1.2.23-21.redhat_21.ep7.el7 | 2020-03-17 | redhat |
| redhat | jws5-tomcat-vault-0:1.1.8-1.Final_redhat_1.1.el8jws | 2019-11-20 | redhat |
Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.
Affected Packages
(3 across 1 ecosystem)
Maven(3)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core | 7.0.0 ... 7.0.93 (65 versions) | 7.0.94 | — |
| org.apache.tomcat:tomcat | 7.0.35 ... 7.0.93 (41 versions) | 7.0.94 | — |
| org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-catalina | 7.0.0 ... 7.0.93 (65 versions) | 7.0.94 | — |
Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
All Vendor Advisories
(7)
Every vendor that published an advisory referencing this CVE — pulled from our cve_vendor_advisories aggregation. Click any row for the vendor's original advisory page.
- Red HatRHSA-2019:3929LOW2019-04-13
RHSA-2019:3929 — Low
- Red HatRHSA-2019:3931LOW2019-04-13
RHSA-2019:3931 — Low
- Red HatRHSA-2020:0860LOW2019-04-13
RHSA-2020:0860 — Low
- Red HatRHSA-2020:0861LOW2019-04-13
RHSA-2020:0861 — Low
- UbuntuUSN-4128-1LOW
Tomcat vulnerabilities
- UbuntuUSN-4128-2LOW
Tomcat vulnerabilities
- UbuntuUSN-6908-1LOW
Tomcat vulnerabilities
Data Freshness Timeline
(refreshed 9× in last 7d / 33× in last 30d)
Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.
- 2026-07-22 14:05 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-21 15:22 UTCEPSS rescore
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- 2026-07-20 15:34 UTCOSV refresh
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- 2026-07-03 10:56 UTCOSV refresh
- 2026-07-01 15:03 UTCEPSS rescore
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- 2026-06-30 23:20 UTCEPSS rescore
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- 2026-06-27 03:06 UTCEPSS rescore
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- 2026-06-15 01:13 UTCOSV refresh
- 2026-06-14 23:15 UTCEPSS rescore
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- 2026-06-08 14:14 UTCEPSS rescore
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- 2026-05-29 13:41 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-05-28 13:43 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-05-28 13:42 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-05-27 19:02 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-05-27 19:02 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-05-27 13:38 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-05-26 13:42 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-05-26 13:42 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-05-26 07:17 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-05-26 07:17 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-05-24 00:15 UTCOSV refresh
Publicly available exploits
(2 references)Working exploit code is in the public domain (1 Exploit-DB entry). Defenders should treat patch urgency accordingly — public PoCs typically lead to mass-exploitation within 24-72 hours.
- Exploit-DBEDB-50119First seen Jul 13, 2021
Apache Tomcat 9.0.0.M1 - Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
Open source ↗ - Nucleihttp/cves/2019/CVE-2019-0221.yamlFirst seen Jan 1, 2019
Apache Tomcat - Cross-Site Scripting
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