CVE-2025-53506
Vulnerability Summary
Timeline
Description
Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability in Apache Tomcat if an HTTP/2 client did not acknowledge the initial settings frame that reduces the maximum permitted concurrent streams. This issue affects Apache Tomcat: from 11.0.0-M1 through 11.0.8, from 10.1.0-M1 through 10.1.42, from 9.0.0.M1 through 9.0.106. 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. Other EOL versions may also be affected. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 11.0.9, 10.1.43 or 9.0.107, which fix the issue.
CVSS Metrics
- 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: 1.25%• Percentile: 80%
Techniques & Countermeasures
- CWE-400•Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
The product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource.
Affected Systems
- apache software foundation•apache tomcat
≥ 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
- Unknown•Tomcat
≥ 9.0.0, ≤ 9.0.106 | ≥ 10.1.0, ≤ 10.1.42 | ≥ 11.0.0, ≤ 11.0.8
- org.apache.tomcat•tomcat-coyote
≥ 11.0.0-M1, < 11.0.9 | ≥ 10.1.0-M1, < 10.1.43 | ≥ 9.0.0.M1, < 9.0.107 | ≥ 8.5.0, ≤ 8.5.100
- org.apache.tomcat.embed•tomcat-embed-core
≥ 8.5.0, ≤ 8.5.100 | ≥ 9.0.0.M1, < 9.0.107 | ≥ 10.1.0-M1, < 10.1.43 | ≥ 11.0.0-M1, < 11.0.9
References (8)
- https://lists.apache.org/thread/p09775q0rd185m6zz98krg0fp45j8kr0
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/07/msg00009.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/07/10/13
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-53506
- https://github.com/apache/tomcat/commit/2aa6261276ebe50b99276953591e3a2be7898bdb
- https://github.com/apache/tomcat/commit/434772930f362145516dd60681134e7f0cf8115b
- https://github.com/apache/tomcat/commit/be8f330f83ceddaf3baeed57522e571572b6b99b
- https://github.com/apache/tomcat