Port 8005 (Tomcat shutdown port)

Tomcat listens on 127.0.0.1:8005 for the SHUTDOWN command.

Registered (user) port, 1024-49151 TCP Web Localhost or LAN only

What port 8005 is used for

Tomcat listens on 127.0.0.1:8005 for the SHUTDOWN command.

Localhost or LAN only. It must stay on localhost (or be disabled with port=-1); anyone who can send the shutdown string can stop Tomcat.

Service nameProtoDescriptionAssigneeReference

mxi TCP MXI Generation II for z/OS Rob Scott -

mxi UDP MXI Generation II for z/OS Rob Scott -

Registry dates for this port: registered 2007-05.

Linux: is anything listening on TCP 8005?

sudo ss -tlnp 'sport = :8005'

Linux / macOS: which process owns the port

sudo lsof -nP -i :8005

Older Linux / BSD (net-tools)

sudo netstat -tlnp | grep ':8005 '

Windows (Command Prompt)

netstat -ano | findstr :8005

Windows (PowerShell)

Get-NetTCPConnection -LocalPort 8005 -State Listen | Select LocalAddress,OwningProcess

From another machine

nc -vz -w 5 HOST 8005

From Windows

Test-NetConnection HOST -Port 8005

ufw

sudo ufw deny 8005/tcp

iptables

sudo iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 8005 -j DROP

nftables

sudo nft add rule inet filter input tcp dport 8005 drop

Windows Firewall

New-NetFirewallRule -DisplayName 'Block TCP 8005' -Direction Inbound -Protocol TCP -LocalPort 8005 -Action Block

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