CVE-2025-41242
CVE-2025-41242: Path traversal vulnerability on non-compliant Servlet containers
- Published
- Aug 18, 2025
- Updated
- Aug 25, 2025
- Assigning CNA
- vmware
- Evidence observed
- Aug 17, 2026
Primary CVSS
nvd · CVSS 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:NLow · next 30 days
- Percentile
- 81.6%
- Model date
- Oct 17, 2026
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Summary
Spring Framework MVC applications can be vulnerable to a “Path Traversal Vulnerability” when deployed on a non-compliant Servlet container. An application can be vulnerable when all the following are true: * the application is deployed as a WAR or with an embedded Servlet container * the Servlet container does not reject suspicious sequences https://jakarta.ee/specifications/servlet/6.1/jakarta-servlet-spec-6.1.html#uri-path-canonicalization * the application serves static resources https://docs.spring.io/spring-framework/reference/web/webmvc/mvc-config/static-resources.html#page-title with Spring resource handling We have verified that applications deployed on Apache Tomcat or Eclipse Jetty are not vulnerable, as long as default security features are not disabled in the configuration. Because we cannot check exploits against all Servlet containers and configuration variants, we strongly recommend upgrading your application.
Sources
spring/CVE-2025-41242
Spring Framework Path Traversal via Jetty URI Parsing Inconsistency (CVE-2025-41242)
Vulhub vulnerability labsDeclared conditions
- lab image version: vulhub/spring-boot-jetty:3.2.4(spring/CVE-2025-41242/docker-compose.yml:services.web.image)
http/cves/2025/CVE-2025-41242.yaml
Nuclei TemplatesDeclared conditions
- network: http($.protocol_keys)
- verification: dsl($.matchers[*].type)
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