7.3

CVE-2025-46701: Apache Tomcat: Security constraint bypass for CGI scripts

Modified
AliasesMGASA-2025-0177UBUNTU-CVE-2025-46701DEBIAN-CVE-2025-46701
Published 29-05-2025Last modified 03-11-2025

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2025-46701 is a high (CVSS 7.3) Improper Handling of Case Sensitivity vulnerability in apache software foundation apache tomcat. EPSS estimates a 3.14% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 87.9% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Prioritisesevere

Severe, CVSS 7.3 (CVE.org); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources; EPSS 3% (FIRST, 03-11-2026)

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
7.3/10
010
High · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
3.14%
0%100%
Low · +0.22 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 21 · Related 10
DLA-4244-1DSA-6120-1DSA-6121-1OPENSUSE-SU-2025:15301-1OPENSUSE-SU-2025:15302-1OPENSUSE-SU-2025:15303-1

Timeline

  1. 29-05-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 03-11-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Improper Handling of Case Sensitivity vulnerability in Apache Tomcat's GCI servlet allows security constraint bypass of security constraints that apply to the pathInfo component of a URI mapped to the CGI servlet. This issue affects Apache Tomcat: from 11.0.0-M1 through 11.0.6, from 10.1.0-M1 through 10.1.40, from 9.0.0.M1 through 9.0.104. The following versions were EOL at the time the CVE was created but are known to be affected: 8.5.0 though 8.5.100. Other, older, EOL versions may also be affected. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 11.0.7, 10.1.41 or 9.0.105, which fixes the issue.

CVSS metrics

7 scores · 7 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

3.14%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

88%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

Increase +0.22 pp

From 2.93% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Ubuntu6 products
  • tomcat10< 10.1.16-1ubuntu0.1~esm3
  • tomcat11All versions (No fix recorded)
  • tomcat6All versions (No fix recorded)
  • tomcat7All versions (No fix recorded)
  • tomcat8All versions (No fix recorded)
Chainguard5 products
  • thingsboard< 4.0.1-r4
  • thingsboard-tb-js-executor< 4.0.1-r4
  • thingsboard-tb-mqtt-transport< 4.0.1-r4
  • thingsboard-tb-node< 4.0.1-r4
  • thingsboard-tb-web-ui< 4.0.1-r4
Wolfi5 products
  • thingsboard< 4.0.1-r4
  • thingsboard-tb-js-executor< 4.0.1-r4
  • thingsboard-tb-mqtt-transport< 4.0.1-r4
  • thingsboard-tb-node< 4.0.1-r4
  • thingsboard-tb-web-ui< 4.0.1-r4
Debian3 products
  • tomcat10< 10.1.52-1~deb12u1 | < 10.1.52-1~deb13u1 | < 10.1.46-1
  • tomcat11< 11.0.15-1~deb13u1 | < 11.0.11-1
  • tomcat9< 9.0.70-2
Apache1 product
  • tomcat≥ 9.0.0, < 9.0.105 | ≥ 10.1.0, < 10.1.41 | ≥ 11.0.0, < 11.0.7
Apache software foundation1 product
  • apache tomcat≥ 11.0.0-M1, ≤ 11.0.6 | ≥ 10.1.0-M1, ≤ 10.1.40 | ≥ 9.0.0.M1, ≤ 9.0.104 | ≥ 8.5.0, ≤ 8.5.100
Mageia1 product
  • tomcat< 9.0.105-1.mga9
Org.apache.tomcat1 product
  • tomcat-catalina≥ 9.0.0.M1, < 9.0.105 | ≥ 10.1.0-M1, < 10.1.41 | ≥ 11.0.0-M1, < 11.0.7 | ≥ 8.5.0, ≤ 8.5.100
Org.apache.tomcat.embed1 product
  • tomcat-embed-core≥ 9.0.0.M1, < 9.0.105 | ≥ 10.1.0-M1, < 10.1.41 | ≥ 11.0.0-M1, < 11.0.7 | ≥ 8.5.0, ≤ 8.5.100

9 vendors · 24 products

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