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high 8.4

CVE-2025-49124 json

Apache Tomcat: exe side-loading via icalcs.exe in Tomcat installer for Windows

published last yr. modified 2mo ago also BIT-tomcat-2025-49124 , EUVD-2025-18410 , GHSA-42wg-hm62-jcwg

cvss
8.4
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.4%
EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 30%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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. The following versions were EOL at the time the CVE was created but are known to be affected: 8.5.0 through 8.5.100 and 7.0.95 through 7.0.109. Other EOL versions may also be affected.

Users are recommended to upgrade to version 11.0.8, 10.1.42 or 9.0.106, which fix the issue.

Patch / fix

  • maven org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core 9.0.106, 10.1.42, 11.0.8
  • maven org.apache.tomcat:tomcat 9.0.106, 10.1.42, 11.0.8
  • maven org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-catalina 9.0.106, 10.1.42, 11.0.8
  • bitnami tomcat 9.0.107, 10.1.42, 11.0.9
  • apache tomcat-catalina 9.0.106, 10.1.42, 11.0.8
  • apache tomcat 9.0.106, 10.1.42, 11.0.8
  • org.apache.tomcat tomcat-catalina 9.0.106, 10.1.42, 11.0.8
  • apache tomcat-embed-core 9.0.106, 10.1.42, 11.0.8
  • org.apache.tomcat.embed tomcat-embed-core 9.0.106, 10.1.42, 11.0.8

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
last yr.

Exploit prediction

0.36% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 30% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CISA ADP 3.1 8.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CNA 3.1 8.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
OSV 3.1 8.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
maven org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core
>=11.0.0-M1, <11.0.8
>=10.1.0, <10.1.42
>=9.0.23, <9.0.106
11.0.8
10.1.42
9.0.106
maven org.apache.tomcat:tomcat
>=11.0.0-M1, <11.0.8
>=10.1.0, <10.1.42
>=9.0.23, <9.0.106
11.0.8
10.1.42
9.0.106
maven org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-catalina
>=11.0.0-M1, <11.0.8
>=10.1.0, <10.1.42
>=9.0.23, <9.0.106
11.0.8
10.1.42
9.0.106
bitnami tomcat
>=9.0.23, <9.0.107
>=10.1.0, <10.1.42
>=11.0.0, <11.0.9
9.0.107
10.1.42
11.0.9

Affected products

  • Apache Software Foundation Apache Tomcat

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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