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: 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
Two security vulnerabilities have been identified in Apache Tomcat's Rewrite Valve. CVE-2025-31651 allows bypassing of rewrite rules, potentially undermining security controls. CVE-2025-55752 involves directory traversal through rewrite functionality, which may lead to remote code execution. These vulnerabilities affect Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 and related distributions. Red Hat has released updated Tomcat packages (version 9.0.87-1.el8_8.8) to address these issues as detailed in advisory RHSA-2025:23045.
Potential Impact
The vulnerabilities could allow attackers to bypass rewrite rules and perform directory traversal attacks, potentially leading to remote code execution on affected systems. This could compromise the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the affected servers running Apache Tomcat on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8. No known exploits in the wild have been reported at this time.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released updated Tomcat packages that fix these vulnerabilities. Users should apply the security update RHSA-2025:23045 promptly to remediate these issues. Detailed update instructions are available at https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. No additional mitigation steps are indicated by the vendor advisory.
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: 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
Two security vulnerabilities have been identified in Apache Tomcat's Rewrite Valve. CVE-2025-31651 allows bypassing of rewrite rules, potentially undermining security controls. CVE-2025-55752 involves directory traversal through rewrite functionality, which may lead to remote code execution. These vulnerabilities affect Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 and related distributions. Red Hat has released updated Tomcat packages (version 9.0.87-1.el8_8.8) to address these issues as detailed in advisory RHSA-2025:23045.
Potential Impact
The vulnerabilities could allow attackers to bypass rewrite rules and perform directory traversal attacks, potentially leading to remote code execution on affected systems. This could compromise the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the affected servers running Apache Tomcat on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8. No known exploits in the wild have been reported at this time.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released updated Tomcat packages that fix these vulnerabilities. Users should apply the security update RHSA-2025:23045 promptly to remediate these issues. Detailed update instructions are available at https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. No additional mitigation steps are indicated by the vendor advisory.
Technical Details
- Gcve Source
- db.gcve.eu
- Csaf Category
- csaf_security_advisory
- Csaf Version
- 2.0
- Publisher
- Red Hat Product Security
- Advisory Id
- RHSA-2025:23045
- Cve Count
- 2
- Additional Cves
- ["CVE-2025-55752"]
Threat ID: 6a2929b98dd33fbd8517f4d4
Added to database: 06/10/2026, 09:09:13 UTC
Last enriched: 06/28/2026, 23:22:52 UTC
Last updated: 09/10/2026, 19:36:50 UTC
Views: 114
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