CVE-2025-55752
HighApache Tomcat Vulnerable to Relative Path Traversal
Published Oct 27, 2025 · Updated Oct 16, 2026 · Also known as BIT-tomcat-2025-55752, DEBIAN-CVE-2025-55752, DLA-4468-1, GHSA-wmwf-9ccg-fff5, ROOT-APP-MAVEN-CVE-2025-55752, UBUNTU-CVE-2025-55752
Key Facts
Patch immediately- CVE-2025-55752 is a high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 7.7 v4) affecting Tomcat (Apache), camunda-zeebe-8.6 (chainguard), camunda-zeebe-8.7 (chainguard) and 22 more products.
- It is not listed in any known-exploited vulnerabilities catalog. No public exploit code is known.
- EPSS estimates a 64% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.
- Fixed versions are available, including Tomcat 10.0.27, Tomcat 10.1.45, Tomcat 11.0.11.
- Brandefense priority: patch immediately, because it is very likely to be exploited soon.
CVSS v4
7.7
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
EPSS (30-day exploit likelihood)
64%
Higher than 99.2% of all scored CVEs
Exploited in the wild
No known
Not in a known-exploited catalog
Public exploit code
None known
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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-M1 through 11.0.10, from 10.1.0-M1 through 10.1.44, from 9.0.0.M11 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.
Affected Products
492 affected entries in total| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| TomcatApache | 9.0.0, 9.0.0-milestone11, 9.0.0-milestone12, 9.0.0-milestone13, 9.0.0-milestone14, 9.0.0-milestone15, 9.0.0-milestone16, 9.0.0-milestone17 | 8.5.100 |
| camunda-zeebe-8.6chainguard | See advisory | 8.6.29-r2 |
| camunda-zeebe-8.7chainguard | See advisory | 8.7.16-r1 |
| kayenta-2025.0chainguard | See advisory | 2025.0.8-r3 |
| kayenta-2025.1chainguard | See advisory | 2025.1.5-r3 |
Patched Releases
Tomcat
10.0.27, 10.1.45, 11.0.11, 9.0.109, 1:10.1.36-1.el10_0.3, 1:10.1.36-3.el10_1.1, 1:9.0.87-1.el8_10.7, 1:9.0.87-6.el9_7.1, 9.0.111-1.1, 9.0.111-150200.96.1, 9.0.111-160000.1.1, 9.0.115-3.160.1, 9.0.36-3.153.2
camunda-zeebe-8.6
8.6.29-r2
camunda-zeebe-8.7
8.7.16-r1
devspaces/server-rhel9:3.25.0
1765225950
io.root.org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-catalina
10.1.13-root.io.10, 10.1.13-root.io.11, 10.1.13-root.io.6, 10.1.13-root.io.7, 10.1.13-root.io.8, 10.1.13-root.io.9, 11.0.11-root.io.1, 11.0.11-root.io.2, 11.0.11-root.io.3, 11.0.11-root.io.4, 11.0.6-root.io.4, 11.0.6-root.io.5, 11.0.9-root.io.2, 11.0.9-root.io.3
io.root.org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core
10.1.16-root.io.1, 10.1.16-root.io.10, 10.1.16-root.io.11, 10.1.16-root.io.12, 10.1.16-root.io.2, 10.1.16-root.io.3, 10.1.16-root.io.4, 10.1.16-root.io.5, 10.1.16-root.io.6, 10.1.16-root.io.7, 10.1.16-root.io.8, 10.1.16-root.io.9, 10.1.30-root.io.10, 10.1.30-root.io.11, 10.1.30-root.io.12, 10.1.30-root.io.13, 10.1.30-root.io.3, 10.1.30-root.io.4, 10.1.30-root.io.5, 10.1.30-root.io.6, 10.1.30-root.io.7, 10.1.30-root.io.8, 10.1.30-root.io.9, 10.1.34-root.io.1, 10.1.34-root.io.2, 10.1.34-root.io.3, 10.1.34-root.io.5, 10.1.34-root.io.6, 10.1.34-root.io.7, 10.1.39-root.io.10, 10.1.39-root.io.11, 10.1.39-root.io.12, 10.1.39-root.io.13, 10.1.39-root.io.14, 10.1.39-root.io.15, 10.1.39-root.io.16, 10.1.39-root.io.17, 10.1.39-root.io.18, 10.1.39-root.io.19, 10.1.39-root.io.20, 10.1.39-root.io.5, 10.1.39-root.io.6, 10.1.39-root.io.7, 10.1.39-root.io.8, 10.1.39-root.io.9, 9.0.100-root.io.1, 9.0.100-root.io.2, 9.0.100-root.io.3, 9.0.39-root.io.2, 9.0.39-root.io.3, 9.0.39-root.io.4, 9.0.39-root.io.5, 9.0.63-root.io.1, 9.0.63-root.io.2, 9.0.74-root.io.2, 9.0.96-root.io.1, 9.0.96-root.io.2, 9.0.96-root.io.3, 9.0.96-root.io.4, 9.0.99-root.io.2, 9.0.99-root.io.3, 9.0.99-root.io.4
jws5-tomcat
0:9.0.87-14.redhat_00013.1.el7jws, 0:9.0.87-14.redhat_00013.1.el8jws, 0:9.0.87-14.redhat_00013.1.el9jws
jws6-tomcat
0:10.1.36-19.redhat_00018.1.el10jws, 0:10.1.36-19.redhat_00018.1.el8jws, 0:10.1.36-19.redhat_00018.1.el9jws
kayenta-2025.0
2025.0.8-r3
kayenta-2025.1
2025.1.5-r3
kayenta-2025.2
2025.2.2-r3
kayenta-fips-2025.0
2025.0.8-r3
kayenta-fips-2025.1
2025.1.6-r0
org.apache.tomcat:tomcat
10.1.45, 11.0.11, 9.0.109
org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-catalina
10.1.45, 11.0.11, 11.0.11-aikido.4, 11.0.6-aikido.5, 11.0.9-aikido.3, 9.0.109
org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core
10.1.10+sp999, 10.1.16-aikido.10, 10.1.16-aikido.11, 10.1.16-aikido.12, 10.1.16-aikido.9, 10.1.30-aikido.10, 10.1.30-aikido.11, 10.1.30-aikido.12, 10.1.30-aikido.13, 10.1.30-aikido.7, 10.1.30-aikido.8, 10.1.30-aikido.9, 10.1.34-aikido.5, 10.1.34-aikido.6, 10.1.34-aikido.7, 10.1.39-aikido.16, 10.1.39-aikido.17, 10.1.39-aikido.18, 10.1.39-aikido.19, 10.1.39-aikido.20, 10.1.45, 11.0.11, 9.0.100-aikido.2, 9.0.100-aikido.3, 9.0.109, 9.0.39-aikido.4, 9.0.39-aikido.5, 9.0.63-aikido.2, 9.0.74-aikido.2, 9.0.96-aikido.3, 9.0.96-aikido.4, 9.0.99-aikido.3, 9.0.99-aikido.4
pki-deps:10.6
8040020260129154709.522a0ee4
pki-servlet-engine
1:9.0.43-4.el9_0.2
seal.sp1.org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core
10.1.10+sp999
seal.sp2.org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core
10.1.10+sp999
seal.sp3.org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core
10.1.5+sp999
seata
2.5.0-r3
tomcat-admin-webapps
1:10.1.36-3.el10_1.1, 1:9.0.87-1.el8_10.7, 1:9.0.87-6.el9_7.1, 9.0.111-1.1, 9.0.111-150200.96.1, 9.0.111-160000.1.1, 9.0.115-3.160.1, 9.0.36-3.153.2
tomcat-docs-webapp
1:10.1.36-3.el10_1.1, 1:9.0.87-1.el8_10.7, 1:9.0.87-6.el9_7.1, 9.0.111-1.1, 9.0.111-150200.96.1, 9.0.111-160000.1.1, 9.0.115-3.160.1, 9.0.36-3.153.2
tomcat-el-3_0-api
9.0.111-1.1, 9.0.111-150200.96.1, 9.0.111-160000.1.1, 9.0.115-3.160.1, 9.0.36-3.153.2
Timeline
Publicly disclosed
Oct 27, 2025
Last updated
Oct 16, 2026
Weakness Type
- CWE-23 Relative Path Traversal
References
- advisoryRHSA-2025:19809
- advisoryRHSA-2025:19810
- advisoryRHSA-2025:22924
- advisoryRHSA-2025:22925
- advisoryRHSA-2025:23044
FAQ
Common Questions.
Relative Path Traversal vulnerability in Apache Tomcat.
Affected: Tomcat (Apache) versions 9.0.0, 9.0.0-milestone11, 9.0.0-milestone12, 9.0.0-milestone13, 9.0.0-milestone14, 9.0.0-milestone15, 9.0.0-milestone16, 9.0.0-milestone17; camunda-zeebe-8.6 (chainguard); camunda-zeebe-8.7 (chainguard), among others. The full list is in the CVE brief.
It is not listed in any known-exploited vulnerabilities catalog.
No, it is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.
No public exploit code is known.
Fixed versions are available, including Tomcat 10.0.27, Tomcat 10.1.45, Tomcat 11.0.11.
Brandefense priority: patch immediately, because it is very likely to be exploited soon.
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