Improper Handling of Case Sensitivity Affecting org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core package, versions [9.0.0.M1,9.0.105)[10.1.0-M1,10.1.41)[11.0.0-M1,11.0.7)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.02% (3rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JAVA-ORGAPACHETOMCATEMBED-10264469
  • published30 May 2025
  • disclosed29 May 2025
  • creditGreg K

Introduced: 29 May 2025

NewCVE-2025-46701  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-178  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core to version 9.0.105, 10.1.41, 11.0.7 or higher.

Overview

org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core is a Core Tomcat implementation.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Handling of Case Sensitivity in the pathInfo component of a URI mapped to the CGI servlet. An attacker can bypass security constraints that apply to the pathInfo component by exploiting this vulnerability on a case insensitive file system.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1