CVE-2025-49124
HIGHApache Tomcat < 9.0.106 - Untrusted Search Path
Title source: ruleDescription
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.
Scores
CVSS v3
8.4
EPSS
0.0005
EPSS Percentile
14.1%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Classification
CWE
CWE-426
Status
published
Affected Products (4)
apache/tomcat
< 9.0.106
org.apache.tomcat.embed/tomcat-embed-core
< 11.0.8Maven
org.apache.tomcat/tomcat
< 11.0.8Maven
org.apache.tomcat/tomcat-catalina
< 11.0.8Maven
Timeline
Published
Jun 16, 2025
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026