CVE-2025-31651

Improper Neutralization of Escape, Meta, or Control Sequences vulnerability in Apache Tomcat. For a subset of unlikely rewrite rule configurations, it was possible for a specially crafted request to bypass some rewrite rules. If those rewrite rules effectively enforced security constraints, those constraints could be bypassed. This issue affects Apache Tomcat: from 11.0.0-M1 through 11.0.5, from 10.1.0-M1 through 10.1.39, from 9.0.0.M1 through 9.0.102. 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. Users are recommended to upgrade to version [FIXED_VERSION], which fixes the issue.

CVSS v3 9.8 CRITICAL

9.8^/10

CVSS v3 : CRITICAL

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://lists.apache.org/[email protected]	Mailing List Vendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/04/28/3	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/07/msg00009.html

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

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History

03 Nov 2025, 20:18

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Information

Published : 2025-04-28 20:15

Updated : 2025-11-03 20:18

NVD link : CVE-2025-31651

Mitre link : CVE-2025-31651

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-31651

JSON object : View

Products Affected

apache

tomcat

CWE

CWE-116

Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output

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