CVE-2025-48988
Apache Tomcat: FileUpload large number of parts with headers DoS
- Published
- Jun 16, 2025
- Updated
- Nov 3, 2025
- Assigning CNA
- apache
- Evidence observed
- Aug 8, 2026
Primary CVSS
nvd · CVSS 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HModerate · next 30 days
- Percentile
- 98.2%
- Model date
- Sep 21, 2026
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Summary
Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling vulnerability in Apache Tomcat. This issue affects Apache Tomcat: from 11.0.0-M1 through 11.0.7, from 10.1.0-M1 through 10.1.41, from 9.0.0.M1 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 though 8.5.100. Other, older, 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.
Sources
2Proof-of-concept exploit for Tomcat CVEs causing CPU exhaustion via parallel multipart requests, with Docker setup and remediation guidance.
CVE-2025-48976_CVE-2025-48988
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