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SCA: security update for org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core, org.apache.tomcat:tomcat, org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-catalina (GHSA-42wg-hm62-jcwg)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 435858

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - 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. (CVE-2025-49124)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-42wg-hm62-jcwg

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 435858

Version: Revision 1.5

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 10/29/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.43

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:A/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-49124

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.4

Temporal Score: 7.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Threat Score: 4.8

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/16/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/9/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-49124

cwe: CWE-426