Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel Affecting org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-catalina package, versions [ ,9.0.106)[10.1.0-M1,10.1.42)[11.0.0-M1,11.0.8)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.02% (5th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JAVA-ORGAPACHETOMCAT-10365311
  • published17 Jun 2025
  • disclosed16 Jun 2025
  • creditGreg K

Introduced: 16 Jun 2025

NewCVE-2025-49125  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-288  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-catalina to version 9.0.106, 10.1.42, 11.0.8 or higher.

Overview

org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-catalina is a Tomcat Servlet Engine Core Classes and Standard implementations.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel due to how PreResources or PostResources handle pre-resources or post-resources mounted at non-root locations. An attacker can gain unauthorized access to protected resources by crafting requests to unexpected paths that bypass intended security constraints.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1