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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-wmwf-9ccg-fff5)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 435835

Description

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

 - Relative Path Traversal vulnerability in Apache Tomcat. The fix for bug 60013 introduced a regression
 where the rewritten URL was normalized before it was decoded. This introduced the possibility that, for
 rewrite rules that rewrite query parameters to the URL, an attacker could manipulate the request URI to
 bypass security constraints including the protection for /WEB-INF/ and /META-INF/. If PUT requests were
 also enabled then malicious files could be uploaded leading to remote code execution. PUT requests are
 normally limited to trusted users and it is considered unlikely that PUT requests would be enabled in
 conjunction with a rewrite that manipulated the URI. This issue affects Apache Tomcat: from 11.0.0-M1
 through 11.0.10, from 10.1.0-M1 through 10.1.44, from 9.0.0.M11 through 9.0.108. The following versions
 were EOL at the time the CVE was created but are known to be affected: 8.5.6 though 8.5.100. Other, older,
 EOL versions may also be affected. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 11.0.11 or later, 10.1.45
 or later or 9.0.109 or later, which fix the issue. (CVE-2025-55752)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-wmwf-9ccg-fff5

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 435835

Version: Revision 1.12

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 10/28/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.88

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Temporal Score: 5.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-55752

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.7

Threat Score: 6.8

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/27/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/8/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-55752

cwe: CWE-23