# CVE-2025-49124

## Summary

- **CVE ID:** CVE-2025-49124
- **Severity:** HIGH
- **CVSS Score:** 8.4 (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
- **CWE:** CWE-426
- **Published:** Jun 16, 2025
- **Last Modified:** Sep 17, 2026

## 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.

## Affected Products

- Apache Software Foundation — Apache Tomcat (11.0.0-M1)
- Apache Software Foundation — Apache Tomcat (10.1.0)
- Apache Software Foundation — Apache Tomcat (9.0.23)
- Apache Software Foundation — Apache Tomcat (8.5.44)
- Apache Software Foundation — Apache Tomcat (7.0.95)
- Apache Software Foundation — Apache Tomcat (10.0.0-M1)

## References

- [CNA](https://lists.apache.org/thread/lnow7tt2j6hb9kcpkggx32ht6o90vqzv)
- [CVE](http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/06/16/3)

## Exploitation Prediction (EPSS)

- **EPSS Score:** 0.37%
- **EPSS Percentile:** 30.9

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_Exported from OnDuty AI Vulnerability Intelligence on 2026-09-18._