CVSS 3.1
8.4 highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HCVE-2025-49124
High (8.4) in apache tomcat. EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Fixed in org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core 10.1.42, 11.0.8, 9.0.106.
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.
Severity
- EPSS
- 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 29% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-426
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- apache:tomcat
Packages (OSV)
| Advisory | Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GHSA-42wg-hm62-jcwg | Maven | org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core | >=11.0.0-M1 <11.0.8 | 11.0.8 |
| GHSA-42wg-hm62-jcwg | Maven | org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core | >=10.1.0 <10.1.42 | 10.1.42 |
| GHSA-42wg-hm62-jcwg | Maven | org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core | >=9.0.23 <9.0.106 | 9.0.106 |
| GHSA-42wg-hm62-jcwg | Maven | org.apache.tomcat:tomcat | >=11.0.0-M1 <11.0.8 | 11.0.8 |
| GHSA-42wg-hm62-jcwg | Maven | org.apache.tomcat:tomcat | >=10.1.0 <10.1.42 | 10.1.42 |
| GHSA-42wg-hm62-jcwg | Maven | org.apache.tomcat:tomcat | >=9.0.23 <9.0.106 | 9.0.106 |
| GHSA-42wg-hm62-jcwg | Maven | org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-catalina | >=11.0.0-M1 <11.0.8 | 11.0.8 |
| GHSA-42wg-hm62-jcwg | Maven | org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-catalina | >=10.1.0 <10.1.42 | 10.1.42 |
| GHSA-42wg-hm62-jcwg | Maven | org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-catalina | >=9.0.23 <9.0.106 | 9.0.106 |