GHSA-42wg-hm62-jcwg
Apache Tomcat installer for Windows has an untrusted search path vulnerability
At a glance
- Published
- Updated
- CVE
- CVE-2025-49124
- Aliases
- BIT-tomcat-2025-49124
- CVSS_V4
- 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
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 packages
| Package | Versions |
|---|---|
| Maven · org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core | introduced 11.0.0-M1, fixed 11.0.8 |
| Maven · org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core | introduced 10.1.0, fixed 10.1.42 |
| Maven · org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core | introduced 9.0.23, fixed 9.0.106 |
| Maven · org.apache.tomcat:tomcat | introduced 11.0.0-M1, fixed 11.0.8 |
| Maven · org.apache.tomcat:tomcat | introduced 10.1.0, fixed 10.1.42 |
| Maven · org.apache.tomcat:tomcat | introduced 9.0.23, fixed 9.0.106 |
| Maven · org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-catalina | introduced 11.0.0-M1, fixed 11.0.8 |
| Maven · org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-catalina | introduced 10.1.0, fixed 10.1.42 |
| Maven · org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-catalina | introduced 9.0.23, fixed 9.0.106 |
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-49124 ADVISORY
- https://github.com/apache/tomcat/commit/28726cc2e63bed68771f5eb0f65a78dc7080571823 WEB
- https://github.com/apache/tomcat/commit/c56456cda8151c9504dfb7985700824559d769a7 WEB
- https://github.com/apache/tomcat/commit/e0e07812224d327a321babb554f5a5758d30cc49 WEB
- https://github.com/apache/tomcat PACKAGE
- https://lists.apache.org/thread/lnow7tt2j6hb9kcpkggx32ht6o90vqzv WEB
- https://tomcat.apache.org/security-10.html#Fixed_in_Apache_Tomcat_10.1.42 WEB
- https://tomcat.apache.org/security-11.html#Fixed_in_Apache_Tomcat_11.0.8 WEB
- https://tomcat.apache.org/security-9.html#Fixed_in_Apache_Tomcat_9.0.106 WEB
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/06/16/3 WEB
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| OSV.dev | CC-BY 4.0 — GitHub Advisory Database |