Untrusted Search Path Affecting org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core package, versions [9.0.23,9.0.106)[10.1.0,10.1.42)[11.0.0-M1,11.0.8)
Threat Intelligence
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- published29 Oct 2025
- disclosed16 Jun 2025
- creditT. Doğa Gelişli
Introduced: 16 Jun 2025
CVE-2025-49124 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core to version 9.0.106, 10.1.42, 11.0.8 or higher.
Overview
org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core is a Core Tomcat implementation.
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.