CVE-2025-49124

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.

CVSS v3 8.4 HIGH

8.4^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.5 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

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/thread/lnow7tt2j6hb9kcpkggx32ht6o90vqzv	Mailing List Vendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/06/16/3	Mailing List Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

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History

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Information

Published : 2025-06-16 15:15

Updated : 2025-10-29 12:15

NVD link : CVE-2025-49124

Mitre link : CVE-2025-49124

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-49124

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Products Affected

apache

tomcat

CWE

CWE-426

Untrusted Search Path

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