Improper Handling of Case Sensitivity Affecting jws6-tomcat-lib package, versions <0:10.1.49-7.redhat_00006.1.el9jws


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.74% (85th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL9-JWS6TOMCATLIB-15471586
  • published12 Mar 2026
  • disclosed29 May 2025

Introduced: 29 May 2025

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

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:9 jws6-tomcat-lib to version 0:10.1.49-7.redhat_00006.1.el9jws or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2026:2740.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream jws6-tomcat-lib package and not the jws6-tomcat-lib package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

Improper Handling of Case Sensitivity vulnerability in Apache Tomcat's GCI servlet allows security constraint bypass of security constraints that apply to the pathInfo component of a URI mapped to the CGI servlet.

This issue affects Apache Tomcat: from 11.0.0-M1 through 11.0.6, from 10.1.0-M1 through 10.1.40, from 9.0.0.M1 through 9.0.104. The following versions were EOL at the time the CVE was created but are known to be affected: 8.5.0 though 8.5.100. Other, older, EOL versions may also be affected.

Users are recommended to upgrade to version 11.0.7, 10.1.41 or 9.0.105, which fixes the issue.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1