CVE-2025-55752 - High Severity Vulnerability
Vulnerable Library - tomcat-embed-core-9.0.56.jar
Core Tomcat implementation
Library home page: https://tomcat.apache.org/
Path to dependency file: /src/examples/JavaSpring/pom.xml
Path to vulnerable library: /home/wss-scanner/.m2/repository/org/apache/tomcat/embed/tomcat-embed-core/9.0.56/tomcat-embed-core-9.0.56.jar
Dependency Hierarchy:
- spring-boot-starter-web-2.6.2.jar (Root Library)
- spring-boot-starter-tomcat-2.6.2.jar
- ❌ tomcat-embed-core-9.0.56.jar (Vulnerable Library)
Found in HEAD commit: 65d823526ff5e577818e96e962ef7b7fa50ec76a
Found in base branch: main
Vulnerability Details
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.
Publish Date: 2025-10-27
URL: CVE-2025-55752
CVSS 3 Score Details (7.5)
Base Score Metrics:
- Exploitability Metrics:
- Attack Vector: Network
- Attack Complexity: High
- Privileges Required: Low
- User Interaction: None
- Scope: Unchanged
- Impact Metrics:
- Confidentiality Impact: High
- Integrity Impact: High
- Availability Impact: High
For more information on CVSS3 Scores, click here.
Suggested Fix
Type: Upgrade version
Release Date: 2025-10-27
Fix Resolution (org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core): 9.0.109
Direct dependency fix Resolution (org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-web): 3.0.0
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CVE-2025-55752 - High Severity Vulnerability
Core Tomcat implementation
Library home page: https://tomcat.apache.org/
Path to dependency file: /src/examples/JavaSpring/pom.xml
Path to vulnerable library: /home/wss-scanner/.m2/repository/org/apache/tomcat/embed/tomcat-embed-core/9.0.56/tomcat-embed-core-9.0.56.jar
Dependency Hierarchy:
Found in HEAD commit: 65d823526ff5e577818e96e962ef7b7fa50ec76a
Found in base branch: main
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.
Publish Date: 2025-10-27
URL: CVE-2025-55752
Base Score Metrics:
- Exploitability Metrics:
- Attack Vector: Network
- Attack Complexity: High
- Privileges Required: Low
- User Interaction: None
- Scope: Unchanged
- Impact Metrics:
- Confidentiality Impact: High
- Integrity Impact: High
- Availability Impact: High
For more information on CVSS3 Scores, click here.Type: Upgrade version
Release Date: 2025-10-27
Fix Resolution (org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core): 9.0.109
Direct dependency fix Resolution (org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-web): 3.0.0
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