Session Fixation Affecting org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-catalina package, versions [9.0.0.M1,9.0.106)[10.1.0-M1,10.1.42)[11.0.0-M1,11.0.8)
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- published14 Aug 2025
- disclosed13 Aug 2025
- creditGreg K
Introduced: 13 Aug 2025
NewCVE-2025-55668 (opens in a new tab)Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) are common identifiers for publicly known security vulnerabilities
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) is a category system for software weaknesses
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 Session Fixation via the rewrite valve if enabled for a web application. An attacker can gain unauthorized access to another user's session by crafting a request that allows session fixation.