CVE-2025-49124
Apache Tomcat: exe side-loading via icalcs.exe in Tomcat installer for Windows
Description
Untrusted Search Path vulnerability in Apache Tomcat installer for Windows. During installation, the Tomcat installer for Windows used icacls.exe without specifying a full path. This issue affects Apache Tomcat: from 11.0.0 through 11.0.7, from 10.1.0 through 10.1.41, from 9.0.23 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 through 8.5.100 and 7.0.95 through 7.0.109. Other 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-2025-49124
To remediate CVE-2025-49124, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 9.0.107 or later
- —upgrade to 11.0.8 or later
- —upgrade to 11.0.8 or later
- —upgrade to 11.0.8 or later
Is CVE-2025-49124 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.3%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (4)
- >= 9.0.23, < 9.0.107, >= 10.1.0, < 10.1.42, >= 11.0.0, < 11.0.9
- >= 11.0.0-M1, < 11.0.8
- >= 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:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U |
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH8.4 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |