Workload Manager vulnerabilitiesAnd the versions its exploited flaws hit.

Product2 known exploited3 versions
The short answer

Workload Manager is made by Oracle. We track 10 published vulnerabilities in it, across 3 versions. 2 of them are on the list of flaws known to be exploited, the newest added on 25 March 2022. If you run Workload Manager, check your version against the exploited flaws below and patch those first.

Check your version

The most recent Workload Manager flaw added to the known-exploited list is CVE-2017-12617, on 25 March 2022. We keep watching the known-exploited list.

Versions

Which versions of Workload Manager do the exploited flaws hit?

Each exploited flaw lists the versions it affects, as published by the vendor. Find your version, then patch.

  • CVE-2020-1938Exploited list, 3 Mar 2022

    Apache Tomcat Improper Privilege Management Vulnerability

    12.2.0.118c19c

1 more exploited flaw names Workload Manager without a version of its own, for example as the system other affected software runs on. It is in the list below.

Known exploited

Which Workload Manager vulnerabilities are being exploited?

2 flaws are on the government list of vulnerabilities known to be exploited. These are the ones criminals are using now, so they go first, whatever their severity score says.

  1. 8.1
    CVE-2017-12617HighKnown exploited
    Apache Tomcat Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

    When running Apache Tomcat, it is possible to upload a JSP file to the server via a specially crafted request.

    Chance of use>99%Known exploited since25 Mar 2022
  2. 9.8
    CVE-2020-1938CriticalKnown exploited
    Apache Tomcat Improper Privilege Management Vulnerability

    Apache Tomcat treats Apache JServ Protocol (AJP) connections as having higher trust than, for example, a similar HTTP connection.

    Chance of use>99%Known exploited since3 Mar 2022
Exploit likelihood

Which Workload Manager flaws are most likely to be used?

Ranked by the latest exploit-likelihood forecast: the chance each flaw is used in an attack in the next 30 days. A high severity score on its own doesn't tell you that. Flaws shared by many other makers' products are left out.

50% or more10% to 49%Under 10%
  1. >99%
    CVE-2017-12617HighKnown exploited

    When running Apache Tomcat versions 9.0.0.M1 to 9.0.0, 8.5.0 to 8.5.22, 8.0.0.RC1 to 8.0.46 and 7.0.0 to 7.0.81 with HTTP PUTs enabled (e.g.

    CVSS8.1Published4 Oct 2017
  2. >99%
    CVE-2020-1938CriticalKnown exploited

    When using the Apache JServ Protocol (AJP), care must be taken when trusting incoming connections to Apache Tomcat.

    CVSS9.8Published24 Feb 2020
  3. 87%

    The payload length in a WebSocket frame was not correctly validated in Apache Tomcat 10.0.0-M1 to 10.0.0-M6, 9.0.0.M1 to 9.0.36, 8.5.0 to 8.5.56 and 7.0.27 to 7.0.104.

    CVSS7.5Published14 Jul 2020
  4. 64%

    An h2c direct connection to Apache Tomcat 10.0.0-M1 to 10.0.0-M6, 9.0.0.M5 to 9.0.36 and 8.5.1 to 8.5.56 did not release the HTTP/1.1 processor after the upgrade to HTTP/2.

    CVSS7.5Published14 Jul 2020
  5. 56%

    When using Apache Tomcat versions 10.0.0-M1 to 10.0.0-M4, 9.0.0.M1 to 9.0.34, 8.5.0 to 8.5.54 and 7.0.0 to 7.0.103 if a) an attacker is able to control the contents and name of a file on the server; and b) the server...

    CVSS7.0Published20 May 2020
  6. 27%

    A specially crafted sequence of HTTP/2 requests sent to Apache Tomcat 10.0.0-M1 to 10.0.0-M5, 9.0.0.M1 to 9.0.35 and 8.5.0 to 8.5.55 could trigger high CPU usage for several seconds.

    CVSS7.5Published26 Jun 2020
  7. 25%

    While investigating bug 64830 it was discovered that Apache Tomcat 10.0.0-M1 to 10.0.0-M9, 9.0.0-M1 to 9.0.39 and 8.5.0 to 8.5.59 could re-use an HTTP request header value from the previous stream received on an...

    CVSS7.5Published3 Dec 2020
  8. 9.4%

    In Apache Tomcat 9.0.0.M1 to 9.0.30, 8.5.0 to 8.5.50 and 7.0.0 to 7.0.99 the HTTP header parsing code used an approach to end-of-line parsing that allowed some invalid HTTP headers to be parsed as valid.

    CVSS4.8Published24 Feb 2020
  9. 8.9%

    The refactoring present in Apache Tomcat 9.0.28 to 9.0.30, 8.5.48 to 8.5.50 and 7.0.98 to 7.0.99 introduced a regression.

    CVSS4.8Published24 Feb 2020
  10. 1.2%

    When Apache Tomcat 9.0.0.M1 to 9.0.28, 8.5.0 to 8.5.47, 7.0.0 and 7.0.97 is configured with the JMX Remote Lifecycle Listener, a local attacker without access to the Tomcat process or configuration files is able to...

    CVSS7.0Published23 Dec 2019
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We track 10 published vulnerabilities listed under the name Workload Manager, across 3 versions. The most recent Workload Manager flaw added to the known-exploited list is CVE-2017-12617, on 25 March 2022.

2 are on the list of flaws known to be exploited. The most recently added are CVE-2017-12617 and CVE-2020-1938.

Each flaw names its own versions, usually as ranges. The newest, CVE-2020-1938, affects 12.2.0.1, 18c, 19c. The versions for every exploited flaw are listed on this page.

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