CVE-2025-48988
Apache Tomcat: FileUpload large number of parts with headers DoS
7.5
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 54.9%
Description
Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling vulnerability in Apache Tomcat. This issue affects Apache Tomcat: from 11.0.0 through 11.0.7, from 10.1.0 through 10.1.41, from 9.0.0 through 9.0.105. 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 11.0.8, 10.1.42 or 9.0.106, which fix the issue.
How to fix CVE-2025-48988
To remediate CVE-2025-48988, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 9.0.106 or later
- —upgrade to 10.1.52-1~deb12u1 or later
- —upgrade to 11.0.15-1~deb13u1 or later
- —upgrade to 9.0.107-0+deb11u1 or later
- —upgrade to 11.0.8 or later
- —upgrade to 11.0.8 or later
Is CVE-2025-48988 being exploited?
Likely — EPSS is 54.9%, placing CVE-2025-48988 in the top tier of vulnerabilities by exploitation probability. Prioritise patching.
Affected packages (6)
- from 0, < 9.0.106, >= 10.0.0, < 10.1.42, >= 11.0.0, < 11.0.8
- from 0, < 10.1.52-1~deb12u1
- from 0, < 11.0.15-1~deb13u1
- from 0, < 9.0.107-0+deb11u1
- >= 11.0.0-M1, < 11.0.8
- >= 11.0.0-M1, < 11.0.8
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 4.0 | — | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N |
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |