Red Hat Security Advisory: tomcat security update
Apache Tomcat is a servlet container for the Java Servlet and JavaServer Pages (JSP) technologies. Security Fix(es): * tomcat: Apache Tomcat: Bypass of rules in Rewrite Valve (CVE-2025-31651) * tomcat: org.apache.tomcat/tomcat-catalina: Apache Tomcat: Denial of service (CVE-2025-61795) * tomcat: org.apache.tomcat/tomcat-catalina: Apache Tomcat: Directory traversal via rewrite with possible RCE (CVE-2025-55752) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
This advisory covers three security vulnerabilities in Apache Tomcat within Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.0 EUS. CVE-2025-31651 involves bypassing rules in the Rewrite Valve component. CVE-2025-61795 is a denial of service vulnerability in the tomcat-catalina component. CVE-2025-55752 is a directory traversal vulnerability via rewrite functionality that may allow remote code execution. Red Hat has released updated tomcat packages (version 10.1.36-1.el10_0.3) to fix these issues. The advisory references Red Hat Bugzilla entries and provides package details for multiple architectures. No CVSS scores are provided in the advisory, but the overall impact is rated as Important by Red Hat Product Security.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could allow an attacker to bypass rewrite rules, cause denial of service conditions, or perform directory traversal potentially leading to remote code execution on affected systems running Apache Tomcat. This could compromise the availability and security of applications hosted on the affected Tomcat instances.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released updated tomcat packages (version 10.1.36-1.el10_0.3) for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.0 Extended Update Support to address these vulnerabilities. Users should apply these official updates promptly following Red Hat's guidance at https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. No additional mitigation steps are indicated beyond applying the vendor-provided patches.
Red Hat Security Advisory: tomcat security update
Description
Apache Tomcat is a servlet container for the Java Servlet and JavaServer Pages (JSP) technologies. Security Fix(es): * tomcat: Apache Tomcat: Bypass of rules in Rewrite Valve (CVE-2025-31651) * tomcat: org.apache.tomcat/tomcat-catalina: Apache Tomcat: Denial of service (CVE-2025-61795) * tomcat: org.apache.tomcat/tomcat-catalina: Apache Tomcat: Directory traversal via rewrite with possible RCE (CVE-2025-55752) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
Affected software
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Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
This advisory covers three security vulnerabilities in Apache Tomcat within Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.0 EUS. CVE-2025-31651 involves bypassing rules in the Rewrite Valve component. CVE-2025-61795 is a denial of service vulnerability in the tomcat-catalina component. CVE-2025-55752 is a directory traversal vulnerability via rewrite functionality that may allow remote code execution. Red Hat has released updated tomcat packages (version 10.1.36-1.el10_0.3) to fix these issues. The advisory references Red Hat Bugzilla entries and provides package details for multiple architectures. No CVSS scores are provided in the advisory, but the overall impact is rated as Important by Red Hat Product Security.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could allow an attacker to bypass rewrite rules, cause denial of service conditions, or perform directory traversal potentially leading to remote code execution on affected systems running Apache Tomcat. This could compromise the availability and security of applications hosted on the affected Tomcat instances.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released updated tomcat packages (version 10.1.36-1.el10_0.3) for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.0 Extended Update Support to address these vulnerabilities. Users should apply these official updates promptly following Red Hat's guidance at https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. No additional mitigation steps are indicated beyond applying the vendor-provided patches.
Technical Details
- Gcve Source
- db.gcve.eu
- Csaf Category
- csaf_security_advisory
- Csaf Version
- 2.0
- Publisher
- Red Hat Product Security
- Advisory Id
- RHSA-2025:23051
- Cve Count
- 3
- Additional Cves
- ["CVE-2025-55752","CVE-2025-61795"]
- Cvss Version
- null
Threat ID: 6a2929b98dd33fbd8517f0aa
Added to database: 6/10/2026, 9:09:13 AM
Last enriched: 6/10/2026, 9:12:17 AM
Last updated: 6/10/2026, 2:59:17 PM
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