CVE-2025-49124

Apache Tomcat: exe side-loading via icalcs.exe in Tomcat installer for Windows

Description

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.

Scores

Weaknesses (CWE)

• CWE-426

Advisories

• GHSA-42wg-hm62-jcwg — Apache Tomcat installer for Windows has an untrusted search path vulnerability

European references

• ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2025-18410
• GCVE · GCVE-0-2025-49124

CERT-FR advisories

• CERTFR-2026-AVI-0395 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits IBM · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
• CERTFR-2026-AVI-0322 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits VMware · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
• CERTFR-2025-AVI-0969 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits VMware · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
• CERTFR-2025-AVI-0756 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits VMware · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
• CERTFR-2025-AVI-0622 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits VMware · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
• CERTFR-2025-AVI-0516 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans Apache Tomcat · cert.ssi.gouv.fr

Affected configurations (NVD CPE)

• cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 9.0.23 < 9.0.106
• cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 10.1.0 < 10.1.42
• cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 11.0.0 < 11.0.8

Affected products

References

• https://lists.apache.org/thread/lnow7tt2j6hb9kcpkggx32ht6o90vqzv
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/06/16/3

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