ID:11725 - Exploit for Resource exhaustion in Apache Tomcat - CVE-2025-48976

 
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ID:11725 - Exploit for Resource exhaustion in Apache Tomcat - CVE-2025-48976

Published: June 27, 2025


Vulnerability identifier: #VU111162
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVE-ID: CVE-2025-48976
CWE-ID: CWE-400
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Vulnerable software:
Apache Tomcat

Link to public exploit:


Vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to Apache Commons FileUpload provided a hard-coded limit of 10kB for the size of the headers associated with a multipart request. A remote attacker can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Remediation

Install updates from vendor's website.