Exploitation evidence
Known exploited · CISA KEV listed
Added 2022-03-25. Ransomware campaign use: Known.
CISA required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.
CISA due date: 2022-04-15. This is the catalog’s deadline, not an assessment of your organization’s exposure.
KEV checked 13 Nov 2026, 00:20 Jerusalem · Original catalog ↗Reported products and versions
Apache Software Foundation / Apache Tomcat
Default status: Not specified
- affected: 7.0.0 to 7.0.79
Fixes and workarounds
No explicit solution text in the downloaded CVE record. Consult the vendor advisory; unaffected version ranges are shown above as reported, not inferred as a patch recommendation.
Sources and related reporting
CVE Program record ↗ · Download tracked evidence as JSON
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3113
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3080
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039392
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/8fcb1e2d5895413abcf266f011b9918ae03e0b7daceb118ffbf23f8c%40%3Cannounce.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://www.synology.com/support/security/Synology_SA_17_54_Tomcat
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0465
- http://breaktoprotect.blogspot.com/2017/09/the-case-of-cve-2017-12615-tomcat-7-put.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3114
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100901
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0466
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42953/
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20171018-0001/
- https://github.com/breaktoprotect/CVE-2017-12615
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3081
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/388a323769f1dff84c9ec905455aa73fbcb20338e3c7eb131457f708%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/845312a10aabbe2c499fca94003881d2c79fc993d85f34c1f5c77424%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/3d19773b4cf0377db62d1e9328bf9160bf1819f04f988315086931d7%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r6d03e45b81eab03580cf7f8bb51cb3e9a1b10a2cc0c6a2d3cc92ed0c%40%3Cannounce.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9136ff5b13e4f1941360b5a309efee2c114a14855578c3a2cbe5d19c%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2017-12615
Observed change timeline
History begins when Egret first downloads each source. It is not the complete upstream CVE history.
12 Nov 2026, 18:20 Jerusalem · EPSS observation updated
Stored EPSS snapshot at this observation.
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Stored EPSS snapshot at this observation.
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Stored EPSS snapshot at this observation.
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Stored EPSS snapshot at this observation.
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Stored EPSS snapshot at this observation.
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}07 Nov 2026, 06:20 Jerusalem · CVE Program record changed
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"assignerShortName": "apache",
"cveId": "CVE-2017-12615",
"datePublished": "2017-09-19T13:00:00.000Z",
"dateReserved": "2017-08-07T00:00:00.000Z",
"dateUpdated": "2026-08-06T03:55:30.740Z",
"state": "PUBLISHED"
},
"dataType": "CVE_RECORD",
"dataVersion": "5.2"
}06 Nov 2026, 18:20 Jerusalem · EPSS observation updated
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"date": "2026-11-06",
"epss": 0.99707,
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}05 Nov 2026, 18:20 Jerusalem · EPSS observation updated
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"date": "2026-11-05",
"epss": 0.99707,
"percentile": 0.99951
}04 Nov 2026, 18:20 Jerusalem · EPSS observation updated
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"date": "2026-11-04",
"epss": 0.99707,
"percentile": 0.99951
}03 Nov 2026, 18:20 Jerusalem · EPSS observation updated
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"date": "2026-11-03",
"epss": 0.99707,
"percentile": 0.99951
}03 Nov 2026, 02:22 Jerusalem · EPSS observation updated
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"date": "2026-11-02",
"epss": 0.99707,
"percentile": 0.99952
}03 Nov 2026, 02:22 Jerusalem · CISA KEV status changed
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{
"cveID": "CVE-2017-12615",
"cwes": [
"CWE-434"
],
"dateAdded": "2022-03-25",
"dueDate": "2022-04-15",
"forensicTriage": "No",
"knownRansomwareCampaignUse": "Known",
"notes": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-12615",
"product": "Tomcat",
"requiredAction": "Apply updates per vendor instructions.",
"shortDescription": "When running Apache Tomcat on Windows with HTTP PUTs enabled, it is possible to upload a JSP file to the server via a specially crafted request. This JSP could then be requested and any code it contained would be executed by the server.",
"vendorProject": "Apache",
"vulnerabilityName": "Apache Tomcat on Windows Remote Code Execution Vulnerability"
}