CVE-2025-48988
HIGH7.5EPSS 0.76%Apache Tomcat: FileUpload large number of parts with headers DoS
Published: 6/16/2025Modified: 4/28/2026
Description
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.
Affected packages (6)
- Bitnami/tomcatfrom 0, < 9.0.106, >= 10.0.0, < 10.1.42, >= 11.0.0, < 11.0.8
- Debian/tomcat10from 0, < 10.1.52-1~deb12u1
- Debian/tomcat11from 0, < 11.0.15-1~deb13u1
- Debian/tomcat9from 0, < 9.0.107-0+deb11u1
- Maven/org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core>= 11.0.0-M1, < 11.0.8
- Maven/org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-catalina>= 11.0.0-M1, < 11.0.8
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 4.0 | — | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N |
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
References (12)
- ADVISORYhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-48988
- ADVISORYhttps://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-48988
- PATCHhttps://github.com/apache/tomcat
- WEBhttps://github.com/apache/tomcat/commit/2b0ab14fb55d4edc896e5f1817f2ab76f714ae5e
- WEBhttps://github.com/apache/tomcat/commit/cdde8e655bc1c5c60a07efd216251d77c52fd7f6
- WEBhttps://github.com/apache/tomcat/commit/ee8042ffce4cb9324dfd79efda5984f37bbb6910
- WEBhttps://lists.apache.org/thread/nzkqsok8t42qofgqfmck536mtyzygp18
- WEBhttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/07/msg00009.html
- WEBhttps://tomcat.apache.org/security-10.html
- WEBhttps://tomcat.apache.org/security-11.html
- WEBhttps://tomcat.apache.org/security-9.html
- WEBhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/06/16/1