CVE-2025-49124
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.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
SUSE Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| — | Affected | — |
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 0 |
| sid | Fixed | 0 |
| forky | Fixed | 0 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 0 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 0 |
Package impact
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maven | org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core | >=11.0.0-M1,<11.0.8 | 11.0.8 |
| Maven | org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core | >=10.1.0,<10.1.42 | 10.1.42 |
| Maven | org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core | >=9.0.23,<9.0.106 | 9.0.106 |
| Maven | org.apache.tomcat:tomcat | >=11.0.0-M1,<11.0.8 | 11.0.8 |
| Maven | org.apache.tomcat:tomcat | >=10.1.0,<10.1.42 | 10.1.42 |
| Maven | org.apache.tomcat:tomcat | >=9.0.23,<9.0.106 | 9.0.106 |
| Maven | org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-catalina | >=11.0.0-M1,<11.0.8 | 11.0.8 |
| Maven | org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-catalina | >=10.1.0,<10.1.42 | 10.1.42 |
| Maven | org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-catalina | >=9.0.23,<9.0.106 | 9.0.106 |
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-49124
- https://github.com/apache/tomcat/commit/28726cc2e63bed68771f5eb0f65a78dc7080571823
- https://github.com/apache/tomcat/commit/c56456cda8151c9504dfb7985700824559d769a7
- https://github.com/apache/tomcat/commit/e0e07812224d327a321babb554f5a5758d30cc49
- https://github.com/apache/tomcat
- https://lists.apache.org/thread/lnow7tt2j6hb9kcpkggx32ht6o90vqzv
- https://tomcat.apache.org/security-10.html#Fixed_in_Apache_Tomcat_10.1.42
- https://tomcat.apache.org/security-11.html#Fixed_in_Apache_Tomcat_11.0.8
- https://tomcat.apache.org/security-9.html#Fixed_in_Apache_Tomcat_9.0.106
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/06/16/3
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-49124.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-49124
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.