Fixed in Apache Tomcat 8.0.17

Note: The issue below was fixed in Apache Tomcat 8.0.16 but the release vote for the 8.0.16 release candidate did not pass. Therefore, although users must download 8.0.17 to obtain a version that includes a fix for this issue, version 8.0.16 is not included in the list of affected versions.

Moderate: Security Manager bypass CVE-2014-7810

Malicious web applications could use expression language to bypass the protections of a Security Manager as expressions were evaluated within a privileged code section.

This was fixed in revisions 1644018 and 1645642.

This issue was identified by the Tomcat security team on 2 November 2014 and made public on 14 May 2015.

Affects: 8.0.0-RC1 to 8.0.15