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CVE-2025-48988 (GCVE-0-2025-48988)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-06-16 14:13 – Updated: 2025-11-03 20:05
VLAI
Title
Apache Tomcat: FileUpload large number of parts with headers DoS
Summary
Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling vulnerability in Apache Tomcat. This issue affects Apache Tomcat: from 11.0.0-M1 through 11.0.7, from 10.1.0-M1 through 10.1.41, from 9.0.0.M1 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 though 8.5.100. Other, older, 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.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-06-17 18:20 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-770 - Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Apache Software Foundation Apache Tomcat Affected: 11.0.0-M1 , ≤ 11.0.7 (semver)
Affected: 10.1.0-M1 , ≤ 10.1.41 (semver)
Affected: 9.0.0.M1 , ≤ 9.0.105 (semver)
Affected: 8.5.0 , ≤ 8.5.100 (semver)
Unknown: 6 , < 8.5.0 (semver)
Unknown: 10.0.0-M1 , ≤ 10.0.27 (semver)
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Credits
TERASOLUNA Framework Security Team of NTT DATA Group Corporation
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