CVE-2025-55752
Apache Tomcat: Directory traversal via rewrite with possible RCE if PUT is enabled
Description
Relative Path Traversal vulnerability in Apache Tomcat. The fix for bug 60013 introduced a regression where the rewritten URL was normalized before it was decoded. This introduced the possibility that, for rewrite rules that rewrite query parameters to the URL, an attacker could manipulate the request URI to bypass security constraints including the protection for /WEB-INF/ and /META-INF/. If PUT requests were also enabled then malicious files could be uploaded leading to remote code execution. PUT requests are normally limited to trusted users and it is considered unlikely that PUT requests would be enabled in conjunction with a rewrite that manipulated the URI. This issue affects Apache Tomcat: from 11.0.0 through 11.0.10, from 10.1.0 through 10.1.44, from 9.0.0 through 9.0.108. The following versions were EOL at the time the CVE was created but are known to be affected: 8.5.6 though 8.5.100. Other, older, EOL versions may also be affected. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 11.0.11 or later, 10.1.45 or later or 9.0.109 or later, which fix the issue.
How to fix CVE-2025-55752
To remediate CVE-2025-55752, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 9.0.109 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+deb11u2 or later
- —upgrade to 9.0.107-0+deb11u2 or later
- —upgrade to 11.0.11 or later
- —upgrade to 11.0.11 or later
- —upgrade to 11.0.11 or later
Is CVE-2025-55752 being exploited?
Likely — EPSS is 66.5%, placing CVE-2025-55752 in the top tier of vulnerabilities by exploitation probability. Prioritise patching.
Affected packages (8)
- from 0, < 9.0.109, >= 10.0.0, < 10.1.45, >= 11.0.0, < 11.0.11
- from 0, < 10.1.52-1~deb12u1
- from 0, < 11.0.15-1~deb13u1
- from 0, < 9.0.107-0+deb11u2
- from 0, < 9.0.107-0+deb11u2
- >= 11.0.0-M1, < 11.0.11
- >= 11.0.0-M1, < 11.0.11
- >= 11.0.0-M1, < 11.0.11
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 4.0 | — | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N |
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |