SCA: security update for org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core, org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-catalina (GHSA-h2fw-rfh5-95r3)

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 431685

Description

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

- Improper Handling of Case Sensitivity vulnerability in Apache Tomcat's GCI servlet allows security
constraint bypass of security constraints that apply to the pathInfo component of a URI mapped to the CGI
servlet. This issue affects Apache Tomcat: from 11.0.0-M1 through 11.0.6, from 10.1.0-M1 through 10.1.40,
from 9.0.0.M1 through 9.0.104. 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 11.0.7, 10.1.41 or 9.0.105, which fixes the issue. (CVE-2025-46701)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-h2fw-rfh5-95r3

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 431685

Version: Revision 1.6

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: 5.5

Percentile: 96.46

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Low

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.4

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-46701

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.3

Temporal Score: 6.6

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.3

Threat Score: 2.9

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/29/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/12/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-46701

cwe: CWE-178