8.4

CVE-2025-49124: apache software foundation apache tomcat Untrusted Search Path

CVSS: 8.4v3.1HighModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2025-49124GHSA-42wg-hm62-jcwgBIT-tomcat-2025-49124
Published 16-06-2025Last modified 29-10-2025
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2025-49124 is a high (CVSS 8.4) Untrusted Search Path vulnerability in apache software foundation apache tomcat. EPSS estimates a 0.36% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 28.6% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
34/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
8.4/10
010
High · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.36%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 16-06-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 29-10-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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. 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.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.36%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

29%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.36% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.36%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Org.apache.tomcat2 products
  • tomcat≥ 11.0.0-M1, < 11.0.8 | ≥ 10.1.0, < 10.1.42 | ≥ 9.0.23, < 9.0.106
  • tomcat-catalina≥ 11.0.0-M1, < 11.0.8 | ≥ 10.1.0, < 10.1.42 | ≥ 9.0.23, < 9.0.106
Ubuntu2 products
  • tomcat10All versions (No fix recorded)
  • tomcat9All versions (No fix recorded)
Apache1 product
  • tomcat≥ 9.0.23, < 9.0.106 | ≥ 10.1.0, < 10.1.42 | ≥ 11.0.0, < 11.0.8
Apache software foundation1 product
  • apache tomcat≥ 11.0.0-M1, ≤ 11.0.7 | ≥ 10.1.0, ≤ 10.1.41 | ≥ 9.0.23, ≤ 9.0.105 | ≥ 8.5.44, ≤ 8.5.100 | ≥ 7.0.95, ≤ 7.0.109
Org.apache.tomcat.embed1 product
  • tomcat-embed-core≥ 11.0.0-M1, < 11.0.8 | ≥ 10.1.0, < 10.1.42 | ≥ 9.0.23, < 9.0.106

5 vendors · 7 products

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