#VU111161 Resource exhaustion in Apache Tomcat - CVE-2025-48988
Published: June 16, 2025 / Updated: June 20, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU111161
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: 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/E:P/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2025-48988
CWE-ID: CWE-400
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
Public exploit is available
Vulnerable software:
Apache Tomcat
Apache Tomcat
Software vendor:
Apache Foundation
Apache Foundation
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources when handling multipart requests. A remote attacker can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install updates from vendor's website.
External links
- https://tomcat.apache.org/security-11.html#Fixed_in_Apache_Tomcat_11.0.8
- https://tomcat.apache.org/security-10.html#Fixed_in_Apache_Tomcat_10.1.42
- https://tomcat.apache.org/security-9.html#Fixed_in_Apache_Tomcat_9.0.106
- https://github.com/apache/tomcat/commit/2b0ab14fb55d4edc896e5f1817f2ab76f714ae5e
- https://github.com/apache/tomcat/commit/cdde8e655bc1c5c60a07efd216251d77c52fd7f6
- https://github.com/apache/tomcat/commit/ee8042ffce4cb9324dfd79efda5984f37bbb6910
- https://lists.apache.org/thread/pmtvgndbl12r0rrfnqnnxjcno0nggpbm