CVE-2025-55752
Apache Tomcat: Directory traversal via rewrite with possible RCE if PUT is enabled
- Published
- Oct 27, 2025
- Updated
- May 12, 2026
- Assigning CNA
- apache
- Evidence observed
- Aug 8, 2026
Primary CVSS
nvd · CVSS 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HHigh · next 30 days
- Percentile
- 99.3%
- Model date
- Sep 21, 2026
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Summary
Relative Path Traversal vulnerability in Apache Tomcat. The fix for bug 60013 introduced a regression where the rewritten URL was normalized before it was decoded. This introduced the possibility that, for rewrite rules that rewrite query parameters to the URL, an attacker could manipulate the request URI to bypass security constraints including the protection for /WEB-INF/ and /META-INF/. If PUT requests were also enabled then malicious files could be uploaded leading to remote code execution. PUT requests are normally limited to trusted users and it is considered unlikely that PUT requests would be enabled in conjunction with a rewrite that manipulated the URI. This issue affects Apache Tomcat: from 11.0.0-M1 through 11.0.10, from 10.1.0-M1 through 10.1.44, from 9.0.0.M11 through 9.0.108. The following versions were EOL at the time the CVE was created but are known to be affected: 8.5.6 though 8.5.100. Other, older, EOL versions may also be affected. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 11.0.11 or later, 10.1.45 or later or 9.0.109 or later, which fix the issue.
Sources
4基于 Docker 的重现环境,用于复现 Apache Tomcat 10.1.44 中的路径遍历漏洞 CVE-2025-55752。本实验场景可以复现官网报道的RCE
Docker-based reproduction environment for CVE-2025-55752, a path traversal vulnerability in Apache Tomcat's RewriteValve, demonstrating the normalize-before-decode flaw and providing testing commands.
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