CVE-2025-48988

Aliases:GHSA-h3gc-qfqq-6h8fBIT-tomcat-2025-48988
Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 22
Modified
Published: 16 Jun 2025, 14:13
Last modified:03 Nov 2025, 20:05

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
30/100
CVSS Score
7.5 HIGH
v3.1 (cve.org)
EPSS Score
0.76% LOW
1% probability +0.63%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

16 Jun 2025, 14:13
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
03 Nov 2025, 20:05
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling vulnerability in Apache Tomcat. This issue affects Apache Tomcat: from 11.0.0-M1 through 11.0.7, from 10.1.0-M1 through 10.1.41, from 9.0.0.M1 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 though 8.5.100. Other, older, 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.

CVSS Metrics

  • v4.0•HIGH•Score: 8.7CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
  • v3.1•HIGH•Score: 7.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.76%• Percentile: 74%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-770•Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

    The product allocates a reusable resource or group of resources on behalf of an actor without imposing any intended restrictions on the size or number of resources that can be allocated.

Affected Systems

  • apache software foundation•apache tomcat

    ≥ 11.0.0-M1, ≤ 11.0.7 | ≥ 10.1.0-M1, ≤ 10.1.41 | ≥ 9.0.0.M1, ≤ 9.0.105 | ≥ 8.5.0, ≤ 8.5.100

  • Unknown•Tomcat

    ≥ 9.0.0, < 9.0.106 | ≥ 10.1.0, < 10.1.42 | ≥ 11.0.0, < 11.0.8

  • org.apache.tomcat•tomcat-catalina

    ≥ 11.0.0-M1, < 11.0.8 | ≥ 10.1.0-M1, < 10.1.42 | ≥ 9.0.0.M1, < 9.0.106 | ≥ 8.5.0, ≤ 8.5.100

  • org.apache.tomcat.embed•tomcat-embed-core

    ≥ 11.0.0-M1, < 11.0.8 | ≥ 10.1.0-M1, < 10.1.42 | ≥ 9.0.0.M1, < 9.0.106 | ≥ 8.5.0, ≤ 8.5.100

References (11)