{"cve":"CVE-2002-0493","nvd":{"published":"2002-08-12T04:00:00.000","modified":"2026-06-16T21:57:33.083","status":"Modified","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.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-254"],"references":["http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=101709002410365&w=2","http://www.apachelabs.org/tomcat-dev/200108.mbox/%3C20010810000819.6350.qmail%40icarus.apache.org%3E","http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9863.php","https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/29dc6c2b625789e70a9c4756b5a327e6547273ff8bde7e0327af48c5%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E","https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/c62b0e3a7bf23342352a5810c640a94b6db69957c5c19db507004d74%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E"],"products":["apache:tomcat"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:34:38.930894741+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2002-0493","score":0.03804,"percentile":0.90018,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[{"id":"GHSA-p543-jg43-9pm5","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-p543-jg43-9pm5","summary":"Apache Tomcat may be started without proper security settings","modified":"2024-02-12T18:42:07.044601Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"Maven","name":"org.apache.tomcat:tomcat","purl":"pkg:maven/org.apache.tomcat/tomcat","ranges":["<4.0b7"],"fixed":["4.0b7"]}]}],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}