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
Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-49124
Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-49124.html
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| sles | affected | | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 0 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 0 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 0 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 0 |
| debian | bullseye | 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
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.