GHSA-42wg-hm62-jcwg BIT-tomcat-2025-49124 CVE-2025-49124
Apache Tomcat installer for Windows has an untrusted search path vulnerability
High
Maven
- Severity
- 0.0 / 10
- High · CVSS 4.0
- Exploit chance (EPSS)
- 0.36%
- Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Higher than 29.93% of scored vulnerabilities.
- Known exploited
- No
- Not in CISA's catalog
- Weakness
- CWE-426 Untrusted Search Path
- Fix
- Available
- 3 packages have a fixed version
Description
Untrusted Search Path vulnerability in Apache Tomcat installer for Windows. During installation, the Tomcat installer for Windows used icacls.exe without specifying a full path.
This issue affects Apache Tomcat: from 11.0.0-M1 through 11.0.7, from 10.1.0 through 10.1.41, from 9.0.23 through 9.0.105.
Users are recommended to upgrade to version 11.0.8, 10.1.42 or 9.0.106, which fix the issue.
Affected versions
Maven
| Package | Vulnerable | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core | >= 11.0.0-M1, < 11.0.8 |
11.0.8 |
| org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core | >= 10.1.0, < 10.1.42 |
10.1.42 |
| org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core | >= 9.0.23, < 9.0.106 |
9.0.106 |
| org.apache.tomcat:tomcat | >= 11.0.0-M1, < 11.0.8 |
11.0.8 |
| org.apache.tomcat:tomcat | >= 10.1.0, < 10.1.42 |
10.1.42 |
| org.apache.tomcat:tomcat | >= 9.0.23, < 9.0.106 |
9.0.106 |
| org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-catalina | >= 11.0.0-M1, < 11.0.8 |
11.0.8 |
| org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-catalina | >= 10.1.0, < 10.1.42 |
10.1.42 |
| org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-catalina | >= 9.0.23, < 9.0.106 |
9.0.106 |
How to fix
Move to the fixed version or later with your package manager, update the lockfile, and run your tests. If the package only arrives through another dependency, upgrade that dependency first. If none of its releases pulls a fixed version yet, force the version with your package manager's override.
org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core Maven → 11.0.8
- maven
<dependency><groupId>org.apache.tomcat.embed</groupId><artifactId>tomcat-embed-core</artifactId><version>11.0.8</version></dependency>- gradle
implementation("org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core:11.0.8")
org.apache.tomcat:tomcat Maven → 11.0.8
- maven
<dependency><groupId>org.apache.tomcat</groupId><artifactId>tomcat</artifactId><version>11.0.8</version></dependency>- gradle
implementation("org.apache.tomcat:tomcat:11.0.8")
org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-catalina Maven → 11.0.8
- maven
<dependency><groupId>org.apache.tomcat</groupId><artifactId>tomcat-catalina</artifactId><version>11.0.8</version></dependency>- gradle
implementation("org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-catalina:11.0.8")
Severity breakdown
CVSS 4.0 0.0
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U
- Attack vector
- Local
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- Present
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Confidentiality (vulnerable system)
- High
- Integrity (vulnerable system)
- High
- Availability (vulnerable system)
- High
- Confidentiality (subsequent systems)
- None
- Integrity (subsequent systems)
- None
- Availability (subsequent systems)
- None
- Exploit maturity
- Unreported
CVSS 3.1 8.4
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Attack vector
- Local
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Weakness
CWE-426: Untrusted Search Path
The product searches for critical resources using an externally-supplied search path that can point to resources that are not under the product's direct control.
How to prevent it
- Architecture and Design, Implementation: Hard-code the search path to a set of known-safe values (such as system directories), or only allow them to be specified by the administrator in a configuration file. Do not allow these settings to be modified by an external party. Be careful to avoid related weaknesses such as CWE-426 and CWE-428.
- Implementation: When invoking other programs, specify those programs using fully-qualified pathnames. While this is an effective approach, code that uses fully-qualified pathnames might not be portable to other systems that do not use the same pathnames. The portability can be improved by locating the full-qualified paths in a centralized, easily-modifiable location within the source code, and having the code refer to these paths.
- Implementation: Remove or restrict all environment settings before invoking other programs. This includes the PATH environment variable, LD_LIBRARY_PATH, and other settings that identify the location of code libraries, and any application-specific search paths.
- Implementation: Check your search path before use and remove any elements that are likely to be unsafe, such as the current working directory or a temporary files directory.
- Implementation: Use other functions that require explicit paths. Making use of any of the other readily available functions that require explicit paths is a safe way to avoid this problem. For example, system() in C does not require a full path since the shell can take care of it, while execl() and execv() require a full path.
References
Advisories
Packages
Other links
- github.com/apache/tomcat/commit/28726cc2e63bed68771f5eb0f65a78dc7080571823
- github.com/apache/tomcat/commit/c56456cda8151c9504dfb7985700824559d769a7
- github.com/apache/tomcat/commit/e0e07812224d327a321babb554f5a5758d30cc49
- lists.apache.org/thread/lnow7tt2j6hb9kcpkggx32ht6o90vqzv
- tomcat.apache.org/security-10.html
- tomcat.apache.org/security-11.html
- tomcat.apache.org/security-9.html
- openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/06/16/3
Timeline
- Published
- Last updated by the source
- Latest EPSS score
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