CVE-2025-55752
Apache Tomcat: Directory traversal via rewrite with possible RCE if PUT is enabled
- 7.5HighCVSS base score
- 64.4%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 0.8% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Relative Path Traversal vulnerability in Apache Tomcat. The fix for bug 60013 introduced a regression where the rewritten URL was normalized before it was decoded. This introduced the possibility that, for rewrite rules that rewrite query parameters to the URL, an attacker could manipulate the request URI to bypass security constraints including the protection for /WEB-INF/ and /META-INF/. If PUT requests were also enabled then malicious files could be uploaded leading to remote code execution. PUT requests are normally limited to trusted users and it is considered unlikely that PUT requests would be enabled in conjunction with a rewrite that manipulated the URI. This issue affects Apache Tomcat: from 11.0.0-M1 through 11.0.10, from 10.1.0-M1 through 10.1.44, from 9.0.0.M11 through 9.0.108. The following versions were EOL at the time the CVE was created but are known to be affected: 8.5.6 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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By apache
- 2 months later
· 2 months later
Published
- 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 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 64.4% · top 0.8% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Affected products
Apache Software Foundation · Apache Tomcat
- affected 11.0.0-M1 – ≤ 11.0.10
- affected 10.1.0-M1 – ≤ 10.1.44
- affected 9.0.0.M11 – ≤ 9.0.108
- affected 8.5.6 – ≤ 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-wmwf-9ccg-fff5 (opens in a new tab)
- Mavenorg.apache.tomcat:tomcatGHSA-wmwf-9ccg-fff5 (opens in a new tab)
- Mavenorg.apache.tomcat:tomcat-catalinaGHSA-wmwf-9ccg-fff5 (opens in a new tab)
References
References5
- https://lists.apache.org/thread/n05kjcwyj1s45ovs8ll1qrrojhfb1tog (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/10/27/4 (opens in a new tab)
- https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/cve-2025-55752-detect-apache-tomcat-vulnerability (opens in a new tab)
- https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/cve-2025-55752-mitigate-apache-tomcat-vulnerability (opens in a new tab)
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-032379.html (opens in a new tab)
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)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2025-36224 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-wmwf-9ccg-fff5 (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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