Untrusted Search Path Affecting org.apache.tomcat:tomcat package, versions [9.0.23,9.0.106)[10.1.0,10.1.42)[11.0.0-M1,11.0.8)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.03% (9th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JAVA-ORGAPACHETOMCAT-13746604
  • published29 Oct 2025
  • disclosed16 Jun 2025
  • creditT. Doğa Gelişli

Introduced: 16 Jun 2025

CVE-2025-49124  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-426  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

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

Overview

org.apache.tomcat:tomcat is an implementation of the Java Servlet, JavaServer Pages, Java Expression Language and Java WebSocket technologies.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Untrusted Search Path via the icacls.exe call during Windows installation, when a full path is not specified. An attacker can execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges by placing a malicious executable in a directory that is searched before the intended system directory.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1