CVE-2025-49124

Apache Tomcat: exe side-loading via icalcs.exe in Tomcat installer for Windows

State: Published
Severity: 8.4 High
Published: Jun 16, 2025
Updated: Oct 29, 2025
Reserved: Jun 2, 2025

Description

Untrusted Search Path vulnerability in Apache Tomcat installer for Windows. During installation, the Tomcat installer for Windows used icacls.exe without specifying a full path.

This issue affects Apache Tomcat: from 11.0.0-M1 through 11.0.7, from 10.1.0 through 10.1.41, from 9.0.23 through 9.0.105. The following versions were EOL at the time the CVE was created but are known to be affected: 8.5.0 through 8.5.100 and 7.0.95 through 7.0.109. Other EOL versions may also be affected.

Users are recommended to upgrade to version 11.0.8, 10.1.42 or 9.0.106, which fix the issue.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	8.4 High	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	CISA-ADP

Weaknesses

CWE-426 Untrusted Search Path

Affected Products

Product	Versions
Apache TomcatApache Software Foundation	11.0.0-M1 through 11.0.7Affected 10.1.0 through 10.1.41Affected 9.0.23 through 9.0.105Affected 8.5.44 through 8.5.100Affected 7.0.95 through 7.0.109Affected 10.0.0-M1 through 10.0.27Unknown

References

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