CVE-2025-55754
Description
Improper Neutralization of Escape, Meta, or Control Sequences vulnerability in Apache Tomcat. Tomcat did not escape ANSI escape sequences in log messages. If Tomcat was running in a console on a Windows operating system, and the console supported ANSI escape sequences, it was possible for an attacker to use a specially crafted URL to inject ANSI escape sequences to manipulate the console and the clipboard and attempt to trick an administrator into running an attacker controlled command. While no attack vector was found, it may have been possible to mount this attack on other operating systems. This issue affects Apache Tomcat: from 11.0.0-M1 through 11.0.10, from 10.1.0-M1 through 10.1.44, from 9.0.40 through 9.0.108. The following versions were EOL at the time the CVE was created but are known to be affected: 8.5.60 though 8.5.100. Other, older, EOL versions may also be affected. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 11.0.11 or later, 10.1.45 or later or 9.0.109 or later, 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 | 10.1.52-1~deb13u1 |
| sid | Fixed | 10.1.46-1 |
| forky | Fixed | 10.1.46-1 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 9.0.107-0+deb11u2 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 10.1.52-1~deb12u1 |
Red Hat Fixed 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 9 | Fixed | — |
Package impact
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maven | org.apache.tomcat:tomcat | >=11.0.0-M1,<11.0.11 | 11.0.11 |
| Maven | org.apache.tomcat:tomcat | >=10.1.0-M1,<10.1.45 | 10.1.45 |
| Maven | org.apache.tomcat:tomcat | >=9.0.40,<9.0.109 | 9.0.109 |
| Maven | org.apache.tomcat:tomcat | >=8.5.60,<=8.5.100 | |
| Maven | org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core | >=11.0.0-M1,<11.0.11 | 11.0.11 |
| Maven | org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core | >=10.1.0-M1,<10.1.45 | 10.1.45 |
| Maven | org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core | >=9.0.40,<9.0.109 | 9.0.109 |
| Maven | org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core | >=8.5.60,<=8.5.100 | |
| Maven | org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-catalina | >=11.0.0-M1,<11.0.11 | 11.0.11 |
| Maven | org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-catalina | >=10.1.0-M1,<10.1.45 | 10.1.45 |
| Maven | org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-catalina | >=9.0.40,<9.0.109 | 9.0.109 |
| Maven | org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-catalina | >=8.5.60,<=8.5.100 | |
| MAVEN | org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-catalina | >= 9.0.40, < 9.0.109 | 9.0.109 |
| MAVEN | org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core | >= 9.0.40, < 9.0.109 | 9.0.109 |
| MAVEN | org.apache.tomcat:tomcat | >= 9.0.40, < 9.0.109 | 9.0.109 |
| MAVEN | org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-catalina | >= 8.5.60, <= 8.5.100 | |
| MAVEN | org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-catalina | >= 10.1.0-M1, < 10.1.45 | 10.1.45 |
| MAVEN | org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-catalina | >= 11.0.0-M1, < 11.0.11 | 11.0.11 |
| MAVEN | org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core | >= 8.5.60, <= 8.5.100 | |
| MAVEN | org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core | >= 10.1.0-M1, < 10.1.45 | 10.1.45 |
| MAVEN | org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core | >= 11.0.0-M1, < 11.0.11 | 11.0.11 |
| MAVEN | org.apache.tomcat:tomcat | >= 8.5.60, <= 8.5.100 | |
| MAVEN | org.apache.tomcat:tomcat | >= 10.1.0-M1, < 10.1.45 | 10.1.45 |
| MAVEN | org.apache.tomcat:tomcat | >= 11.0.0-M1, < 11.0.11 | 11.0.11 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| apache | tomcat | {"startIncluding":"8.5.60","endIncluding":"8.5.100"} | |
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:18916
- https://lists.apache.org/thread/j7w54hqbkfcn0xb9xy0wnx8w5nymcbqd
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/10/27/5
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-032379.html
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-55754
- https://github.com/apache/tomcat/commit/138d7f5cfaae683078948303333c080e6faa75d2
- https://github.com/apache/tomcat/commit/5a3db092982c0c58d4855304167ee757fe5e79bb
- https://github.com/apache/tomcat/commit/a03cabf3a36a42d27d8d997ed31f034f50ba6cd5
- https://github.com/apache/tomcat
- https://tomcat.apache.org/security-10.html#Fixed_in_Apache_Tomcat_10.1.45
- https://tomcat.apache.org/security-11.html#Fixed_in_Apache_Tomcat_11.0.11
- https://tomcat.apache.org/security-9.html#Fixed_in_Apache_Tomcat_9.0.109
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-55754.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-55754
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-vfww-5hm6-hx2j
CWEs
CWE-150
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
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