CVE-2025-49124

CVE-2025-49124: Apache Tomcat: exe side-loading via icalcs.exe in Tomcat installer for Windows

Vendor Apache Software Foundation
Product Apache Tomcat
Weakness CWE-426
Published June 16, 2025
Last update October 29, 2025

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What the vulnerability does

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.

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Disclosure timeline

June 16, 2025 CVE published
October 29, 2025 Record updated