CVE-2025-31651

9.8 CRITICAL
Published: April 28, 2025 Modified: November 03, 2025

Description

Improper Neutralization of Escape, Meta, or Control Sequences vulnerability in Apache Tomcat.Β For a subset of unlikely rewrite rule configurations, it was possible for a specially crafted request to bypass some rewrite rules. If those rewrite rules effectively enforced security constraints, those constraints could be bypassed. This issue affects Apache Tomcat: from 11.0.0-M1 through 11.0.5, from 10.1.0-M1 through 10.1.39, from 9.0.0.M1 through 9.0.102. 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 [FIXED_VERSION], which fixes the issue.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0
Vector String
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://lists.apache.org/list.html?announce@tomcat.apache.org
Source: security@apache.org
Mailing List Vendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/04/28/3
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Mailing List Third Party Advisory

3 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
9.8 / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
0.1%
24th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

Affected Vendors

apache