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Advisory details: gitlab / maven/org.apache.tomcat.embed/tomcat-embed-core/CVE-2025-46701
Advisory ID gitlab/maven/org.apache.tomcat.embed/tomcat-embed-core/CVE-2025-46701
Aliases CVE-2025-46701
GHSA-h2fw-rfh5-95r3
Summary Apache Tomcat - CGI security constraint bypass 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.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 0.0
Risk
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Introduced and Fixed Package Commit Patches Package Commit Patches Details
Weaknesses (3)
CWE-178 Improper Handling of Case Sensitivity
CWE-937 OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-1035 OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
System Score Found at
cvssv3.1 https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/advisories-community/-/blob/main/maven/org.apache.tomcat.embed/tomcat-embed-core/CVE-2025-46701.yml
Reference id Reference type URL
https://github.com/apache/tomcat
https://github.com/apache/tomcat/commit/0f01966eb60015d975525019e12a087f05ebf01a
https://github.com/apache/tomcat/commit/238d2aa54b99f91d1111467e2237d2244c64e558
https://github.com/apache/tomcat/commit/2c6800111e7d8d8d5403c07978ea9bff3db5a5a5
https://github.com/apache/tomcat/commit/8cb95ff03221067c511b3fa66d4f745bc4b0a605
https://github.com/apache/tomcat/commit/8df00018a252baa9497615d6420fb6c10466fa74
https://github.com/apache/tomcat/commit/fab7247d2f0e3a29d5daef565f829f383e10e5e2
https://lists.apache.org/thread/xhqqk9w5q45srcdqhogdk04lhdscv30j
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/07/msg00009.html
https://tomcat.apache.org/security-10.html#Fixed_in_Apache_Tomcat_10.1.41
https://tomcat.apache.org/security-11.html#Fixed_in_Apache_Tomcat_11.0.7
https://tomcat.apache.org/security-9.html#Fixed_in_Apache_Tomcat_9.0.105
CVE-2025-46701 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-46701
GHSA-h2fw-rfh5-95r3 https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-h2fw-rfh5-95r3
No exploits are available.

No EPSS data available for this advisory.

Patch URL
There are no known patches.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L Found at https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/advisories-community/-/blob/main/maven/org.apache.tomcat.embed/tomcat-embed-core/CVE-2025-46701.yml
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:Y/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2025-05-30T14:58:21Z/

Decision: Track

Source URL: https://github.com/cisagov/vulnrichment/blob/develop/2025/46xxx/CVE-2025-46701.json

Source Advisory: vulnrichment/CVE-2025-46701

View SSVC decision tree 
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 {'Automatable': 'yes'},
 {'Technical Impact': 'partial'},
 {'Mission Prevalence': 'minimal'},
 {'Public Well-being Impact': 'material'},
 {'Mission & Well-being': 'medium'}]