CVE-2025-24813Apache Tomcat: Potential RCE and/or information disclosure and/or information corruption with partial PUT
- 10.0CriticalCVSS base score
- 99.9%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 0.1% of all CVEs
- YesKnown exploitedin CISA's KEV since 1 Apr 2025
- 3Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Path Equivalence: 'file.Name' (Internal Dot) leading to Remote Code Execution and/or Information disclosure and/or malicious content added to uploaded files via write enabled Default Servlet in Apache Tomcat. This issue affects Apache Tomcat: from 11.0.0-M1 through 11.0.2, from 10.1.0-M1 through 10.1.34, from 9.0.0.M1 through 9.0.98. The following versions were EOL at the time the CVE was created but are known to be affected: 8.5.0 though 8.5.100. Other, older, EOL versions may also be affected. If all of the following were true, a malicious user was able to view security sensitive files and/or inject content into those files: - writes enabled for the default servlet (disabled by default) - support for partial PUT (enabled by default) - a target URL for security sensitive uploads that was a sub-directory of a target URL for public uploads - attacker knowledge of the names of security sensitive files being uploaded - the security sensitive files also being uploaded via partial PUT If all of the following were true, a malicious user was able to perform remote code execution: - writes enabled for the default servlet (disabled by default) - support for partial PUT (enabled by default) - application was using Tomcat's file based session persistence with the default storage location - application included a library that may be leveraged in a deserialization attack Users are recommended to upgrade to version 11.0.3, 10.1.35 or 9.0.99, which fixes the issue.
Exploited in the wild
CISA lists this vulnerability in its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog as Apache Tomcat Path Equivalence Vulnerability.
- Added
- 1 Apr 2025
- Fix due (US federal)
- 22 Apr 2025
- Used by ransomware
- Not known
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
ENISA's EU Vulnerability Database lists it as exploited, from CISA's KEV, since 1 Apr 2025.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list a Metasploit module, a Nuclei template and an Exploit-DB entry for it. A reference of the record is tagged as an exploit. CISA's SSVC rates its exploitation: it is being exploited.
Show the exploits4
Metasploit modules1 module
- Tomcat Partial PUT Java Deserialization (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/multi/http/tomcat_partial_put_deserializationRank excellentdisclosed 10 Mar 2025
Nuclei templates1 template
- Apache Tomcat Path Equivalence - Remote Code Execution (Nuclei template) (opens in a new tab)
http/cves/2025/CVE-2025-24813.yamlSeverity critical
Exploit-DB1 entry
- Apache Tomcat 11.0.3 - Remote Code Execution (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 52134webapps, multiplepublished 7 Apr 2025Not verified
References tagged exploit1 reference
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
ID reserved
By apache
- 45 days later
· 45 days later
Published
- 22 days later
· 22 days later
Added to CISA KEV
Known exploited in the wild
- 7 months later
· 7 months later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISA-ADPADP (enrichment) | 3.1 | Critical10.0 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 3.1 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 99.9% · top 0.1% of all CVEs (12 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: active · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 10.0.
Affected products
Apache Software Foundation · Apache Tomcat
- affected 11.0.0-M1 – ≤ 11.0.2
- affected 10.1.0-M1 – ≤ 10.1.34
- affected 9.0.0.M1 – ≤ 9.0.98
- affected 8.5.0 – ≤ 8.5.100
- unknown 3 – < 8.5.0
- unknown 10.0.0-M1 – ≤ 10.0.27
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Mavenorg.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-coreGHSA-83qj-6fr2-vhqg (opens in a new tab)
- Mavenorg.apache.tomcat:tomcat-catalinaGHSA-83qj-6fr2-vhqg (opens in a new tab)
References
References10
- https://lists.apache.org/thread/j5fkjv2k477os90nczf2v9l61fb0kkgq (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/03/10/5 (opens in a new tab)
- https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/cve-2025-24813-detect-apache-tomcat-rce (opens in a new tab)
- https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/cve-2025-24813-mitigate-apache-tomcat-rce (opens in a new tab)
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20250321-0001/ (opens in a new tab)
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/04/msg00003.html (opens in a new tab)
- https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/cve-2025-24813-tomcat-detect-vulnerability (opens in a new tab)
- https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/cve-2025-24813-tomcat-mitigation-vulnerability (opens in a new tab)
- https://github.com/absholi7ly/POC-CVE-2025-24813/blob/main/README.md (opens in a new tab)exploit
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2025-24813 (opens in a new tab)government-resource
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- CISA KEV catalog (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2025-6498 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-83qj-6fr2-vhqg (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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