Path traversal in Apache Tomcat - CVE-2025-55752

Vulnerability identifier: #VU117681

CSH Severity: High

CVSS v4: 8.2 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2025-55752

CWE-ID: CWE-22

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: Public exploit is available

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise the affected system.

The vulnerability exists due to input validation error when processing directory traversal sequences passed via Rewrite Valve. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP PUT request and write arbitrary files to the server, leading to remote code execution. 

Apache Tomcat
JBoss Web Server
Debian Linux
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4
SUSE Manager Server 4.3
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS Extended
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
SUSE Manager Server
SUSE Enterprise Storage
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64
Anolis OS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support
Web and Scripting Module
openSUSE Leap
openEuler
Netezza Appliance
Storage Defender Copy Data Management
Guardium Data Security Center (GDSC)
DevOps
IBM Engineering Requirements Management DOORS Next
CICS Transaction Gateway Desktop Edition
CICS Transaction Gateway for Multiplatforms
Integration Bus for z/OS
Big Replicate LiveData Migrator
DevOps Deploy
Storage Protect Plus Server
IBM Observability with Instana
Netcool Operations Insight
IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data
IBM Watson Discovery for IBM Cloud Pak for Data
IBM UrbanCode Release
Bitbucket Data Center
Red Hat OpenShift Dev Spaces
UCD - IBM UrbanCode Deploy
Juniper Secure Analytics (JSA)
IBM Qradar SIEM
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions
tomcat-lib
tomcat-servlet-4_0-api
tomcat
tomcat-admin-webapps
tomcat-javadoc
tomcat-el-3_0-api
tomcat-docs-webapp
tomcat-webapps
tomcat-jsp-2_3-api
pki-servlet-engine (Red Hat package)
tomcat-servlet-4.0-api
tomcat-el-3.0-api
tomcat-jsp-2.3-api
tomcat (Red Hat package)
tomcat9 (Red Hat package)
jws5-tomcat (Red Hat package)
tomcat-help
tomcat-jsvc
tomcat-doc
tomcat-embed
tomcat10-jsp-3_1-api
tomcat10-jsvc
tomcat10-embed
tomcat10-doc
tomcat10-el-5_0-api
tomcat10-servlet-6_0-api
tomcat10
tomcat10-admin-webapps
tomcat10-docs-webapp
tomcat10-lib
tomcat10-webapps
tomcat10 (Debian package)
tomcat11-admin-webapps
tomcat11-jsp-4_0-api
tomcat11-lib
tomcat11-servlet-6_1-api
tomcat11-webapps
tomcat11-el-6_0-api
tomcat11-doc
tomcat11
tomcat11-embed
tomcat11-jsvc
tomcat11-docs-webapp
tomcat11 (Debian package)
Bitbucket Server

Install updates from vendor's website.

Apache Tomcat - addressed in versions 9.0.109, 10.1.45, 11.0.11
Netezza Appliance - update to 1.0.1.0 fp278500
IBM Observability with Instana - update to 1.0.309
Netcool Operations Insight - update to 1.6.15
Storage Defender Copy Data Management - update to 2.3.0
Guardium Data Security Center (GDSC) - update to 3.8.5
IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data - update to 5.3.1
IBM Watson Discovery for IBM Cloud Pak for Data - update to 5.3.0
JBoss Web Server - update to 5.8.6
DevOps - update to 7.0.0.6
Juniper Secure Analytics (JSA) - update to 7.5.0 UP14 IF01
IBM Qradar SIEM - update to 7.5.0 Update Pack 14 IF01
Bitbucket Data Center - addressed in versions 8.19.26, 9.4.15, 10.1.1
Bitbucket Server - addressed in versions 8.19.26, 9.4.15, 10.1.1
IBM Engineering Requirements Management DOORS Next - update to 9.7.2.11
Big Replicate LiveData Migrator - update to 3.4
Red Hat OpenShift Dev Spaces - update to 3.25.0
UCD - IBM UrbanCode Deploy - addressed in versions 7.1.2.28, 7.2.3.21, 7.3.2.16
DevOps Deploy - addressed in versions 8.0.1.11, 8.1.2.4, 8.2.0.0
tomcat-lib - addressed in versions 9.0.36-3.153.2, 9.0.111-150200.96.1
tomcat-servlet-4_0-api - addressed in versions 9.0.36-3.153.2, 9.0.111-150200.96.1
tomcat - addressed in versions 9.0.36-3.153.2, 9.0.111-150200.96.1
tomcat-admin-webapps - addressed in versions 9.0.36-3.153.2, 9.0.111-150200.96.1
tomcat-javadoc - addressed in versions 9.0.36-3.153.2, 9.0.111-150200.96.1
tomcat-el-3_0-api - addressed in versions 9.0.36-3.153.2, 9.0.111-150200.96.1
tomcat-docs-webapp - addressed in versions 9.0.36-3.153.2, 9.0.111-150200.96.1
tomcat-webapps - addressed in versions 9.0.36-3.153.2, 9.0.111-150200.96.1
tomcat-jsp-2_3-api - addressed in versions 9.0.36-3.153.2, 9.0.111-150200.96.1
pki-servlet-engine (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 9.0.43-4.el9_0.2, 9.0.50-1.el9_2.3
tomcat-webapps - addressed in versions 9.0.87-1, 9.0.111-1
tomcat-servlet-4.0-api - addressed in versions 9.0.87-1, 9.0.111-1
tomcat-lib - addressed in versions 9.0.87-1, 9.0.111-1
tomcat - addressed in versions 9.0.87-1, 9.0.111-1
tomcat-admin-webapps - addressed in versions 9.0.87-1, 9.0.111-1
tomcat-docs-webapp - addressed in versions 9.0.87-1, 9.0.111-1
tomcat-el-3.0-api - addressed in versions 9.0.87-1, 9.0.111-1
tomcat-jsp-2.3-api - addressed in versions 9.0.87-1, 9.0.111-1
tomcat (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 9.0.87-1.el8_8.8, 9.0.87-1.el8_10.7, 9.0.87-1.el9_2.7, 9.0.87-1.el9_4.7, 10.1.36-1.el10_0.3
tomcat9 (Red Hat package) - update to 9.0.87-5.el10_0.4
jws5-tomcat (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 9.0.87-14.redhat_00013.1.el7jws, 9.0.87-14.redhat_00013.1.el8jws, 9.0.87-14.redhat_00013.1.el9jws
tomcat-help - update to 9.0.100-9
tomcat - update to 9.0.100-9
tomcat-jsvc - update to 9.0.100-9
tomcat-doc - update to 9.0.111-1
tomcat-embed - update to 9.0.111-150200.96.1
tomcat-jsvc - update to 9.0.111-150200.96.1
Storage Protect Plus Server - update to 10.1.18
tomcat10-jsp-3_1-api - update to 10.1.48-150200.5.54.1
tomcat10-jsvc - update to 10.1.48-150200.5.54.1
tomcat10-embed - update to 10.1.48-150200.5.54.1
tomcat10-doc - update to 10.1.48-150200.5.54.1
tomcat10-el-5_0-api - update to 10.1.48-150200.5.54.1
tomcat10-servlet-6_0-api - update to 10.1.48-150200.5.54.1
tomcat10 - update to 10.1.48-150200.5.54.1
tomcat10-admin-webapps - update to 10.1.48-150200.5.54.1
tomcat10-docs-webapp - update to 10.1.48-150200.5.54.1
tomcat10-lib - update to 10.1.48-150200.5.54.1
tomcat10-webapps - update to 10.1.48-150200.5.54.1
tomcat10 (Debian package) - addressed in versions 10.1.52-1~deb12u1, 10.1.52-1~deb13u1
tomcat11-admin-webapps - update to 11.0.13-150600.13.12.1
tomcat11-jsp-4_0-api - update to 11.0.13-150600.13.12.1
tomcat11-lib - update to 11.0.13-150600.13.12.1
tomcat11-servlet-6_1-api - update to 11.0.13-150600.13.12.1
tomcat11-webapps - update to 11.0.13-150600.13.12.1
tomcat11-el-6_0-api - update to 11.0.13-150600.13.12.1
tomcat11-doc - update to 11.0.13-150600.13.12.1
tomcat11 - update to 11.0.13-150600.13.12.1
tomcat11-embed - update to 11.0.13-150600.13.12.1
tomcat11-jsvc - update to 11.0.13-150600.13.12.1
tomcat11-docs-webapp - update to 11.0.13-150600.13.12.1
tomcat11 (Debian package) - update to 11.0.15-1~deb13u1

• Exploit #12061 - CVE-2025-55752 (October 31, 2025)

• https://tomcat.apache.org/security-11.html#Fixed_in_Apache_Tomcat_11.0.11
• https://tomcat.apache.org/security-9.html#Fixed_in_Apache_Tomcat_9.0.109
• https://tomcat.apache.org/security-10.html#Fixed_in_Apache_Tomcat_10.1.45
• https://lists.apache.org/thread/2fbxt6dpjnpvgn4mkxt6mzvkhnno1yy9

• Two vulnerabilities in Apache Tomcat
• openEuler 24.03 LTS SP1 update for tomcat
• openEuler 22.03 LTS SP4 update for tomcat
• openEuler 22.03 LTS SP3 update for tomcat
• openEuler 20.03 LTS SP4 update for tomcat
• openEuler 24.03 LTS SP2 update for tomcat
• openEuler 24.03 LTS update for tomcat
• SUSE update for tomcat11
• Anolis OS update for tomcat
• SUSE update for tomcat10
• Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Integration Bus for z/OS
• SUSE update for tomcat
• SUSE update for tomcat
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Netcool Operations Insight
• Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM QRadar SIEM
• Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Guardium Data Security Center
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Red Hat JBoss Web Server
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 update for tomcat
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 update for tomcat
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 update for tomcat
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 update for tomcat
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 update for tomcat
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 update for tomcat9
• Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Observability with Instana
• Anolis OS update for tomcat
• Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM DevOps Deploy / IBM UrbanCode Deploy (UCD)
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Red Hat OpenShift Dev Spaces
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 update for pki-servlet-engine
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 update for pki-servlet-engine
• Bitbucket Data Center and Server update for org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core
• Debian update for tomcat10
• Debian update for tomcat11
• Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Watson Discovery Cartridge
• Juniper Secure Analytics update for third-party components
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 update for the pki-deps:10.6 module
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 update for the pki-deps:10.6 module
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• Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge
• Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Engineering Requirements Management DOORS and DOORS Web Access
• Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM DevOps Release
• Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Storage Protect Plus Server
• Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Storage Defender Copy Data Management
• Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Big Replicate LiveData Migrator
• Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Netezza Appliance
• Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM CICS Transaction Gateway for Multiplatforms
• Multiple vulnerabilities in CICS Transaction Gateway Desktop Edition