Apache Tomcat installer for Windows has an untrusted search path vulnerability
GHSA-42wg-hm62-jcwg · BIT-tomcat-2025-49124 · CVE-2025-49124
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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.
Users are recommended to upgrade to version 11.0.8, 10.1.42 or 9.0.106, which fix the issue.
References
- ADVISORY https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-49124
- WEB https://github.com/apache/tomcat/commit/28726cc2e63bed68771f5eb0f65a78dc7080571823
- WEB https://github.com/apache/tomcat/commit/c56456cda8151c9504dfb7985700824559d769a7
- WEB https://github.com/apache/tomcat/commit/e0e07812224d327a321babb554f5a5758d30cc49
- PACKAGE https://github.com/apache/tomcat
- WEB https://lists.apache.org/thread/lnow7tt2j6hb9kcpkggx32ht6o90vqzv
- WEB https://tomcat.apache.org/security-10.html#Fixed_in_Apache_Tomcat_10.1.42
- WEB https://tomcat.apache.org/security-11.html#Fixed_in_Apache_Tomcat_11.0.8
- WEB https://tomcat.apache.org/security-9.html#Fixed_in_Apache_Tomcat_9.0.106
- WEB http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/06/16/3
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