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SCA: security update for org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core, org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-catalina (GHSA-h3gc-qfqq-6h8f)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 431689

Description

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

 - Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling vulnerability in Apache Tomcat. This issue affects
 Apache Tomcat: from 11.0.0-M1 through 11.0.7, from 10.1.0-M1 through 10.1.41, from 9.0.0.M1 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 though 8.5.100. Other, older, 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-2025-48988)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-h3gc-qfqq-6h8f

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 431689

Version: Revision 1.12

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: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.7

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-48988

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.7

Threat Score: 6.6

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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 Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/16/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/10/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-48988

cwe: CWE-770