SCA: security update for org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core, org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-coyote (GHSA-3p2h-wqq4-wf4h)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 431683

Description

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

- Improper Input Validation vulnerability in Apache Tomcat. Incorrect error handling for some invalid HTTP
priority headers resulted in incomplete clean-up of the failed request which created a memory leak. A
large number of such requests could trigger an OutOfMemoryException resulting in a denial of service. This
issue affects Apache Tomcat: from 9.0.76 through 9.0.102, from 10.1.10 through 10.1.39, from 11.0.0-M2
through 11.0.5. The following versions were EOL at the time the CVE was created but are known to be
affected: 8.5.90 though 8.5.100. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 9.0.104, 10.1.40 or 11.0.6
which fix the issue. (CVE-2025-31650)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-3p2h-wqq4-wf4h

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 431683

Version: Revision 1.7

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 8/6/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.8

Percentile: 96.66

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-31650

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.7

Threat Score: 7.7

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/28/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/8/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-31650