CVE-2025-55754Apache Tomcat: console manipulation via escape sequences in log messages
- 9.6CriticalCVSS base score
- 10.3%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 4.2% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
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.
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 | Critical9.6 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Critical9.6 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 10.3% · top 4.2% of all CVEs (12 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: Critical 9.6.
Affected products
Apache Software Foundation · Apache Tomcat
- affected 11.0.0-M1 – ≤ 11.0.10
- affected 10.1.0-M1 – ≤ 10.1.44
- affected 9.0.40 – ≤ 9.0.108
- affected 8.5.60 – ≤ 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-vfww-5hm6-hx2j (opens in a new tab)
- Mavenorg.apache.tomcat:tomcatGHSA-vfww-5hm6-hx2j (opens in a new tab)
- Mavenorg.apache.tomcat:tomcat-catalinaGHSA-vfww-5hm6-hx2j (opens in a new tab)
References
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-2025-36225 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-vfww-5hm6-hx2j (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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