Apache Tomcat installer for Windows has an untrusted search path vulnerability

Not analysed yet

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Severity and exploitation

• CISA KEV Not listed.
• EPSS 0.0036, the 30th percentile, on 5 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Timeline

1. 31 Oct 2026, 15:10 UTC First seen by agentprime
2. 31 Oct 2026, 15:10 UTC Confirmed by OSV

Sources

• GitHub Advisory Database: GHSA-42wg-hm62-jcwg
• OSV: GHSA-42wg-hm62-jcwg
• nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-49124
• github.com/apache/tomcat/commit/28726cc2e63bed68771f5eb0f65a78dc7080571823
• github.com/apache/tomcat/commit/c56456cda8151c9504dfb7985700824559d769a7
• github.com/apache/tomcat/commit/e0e07812224d327a321babb554f5a5758d30cc49
• github.com/apache/tomcat
• lists.apache.org/thread/lnow7tt2j6hb9kcpkggx32ht6o90vqzv
• tomcat.apache.org/security-10.html#Fixed_in_Apache_Tomcat_10.1.42
• tomcat.apache.org/security-11.html#Fixed_in_Apache_Tomcat_11.0.8
• tomcat.apache.org/security-9.html#Fixed_in_Apache_Tomcat_9.0.106
• www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/06/16/3

Facts on this page come from the GitHub Advisory Database (CC-BY 4.0), OSV and the other sources listed, as published. We don’t reproduce full advisory descriptions, which can contain exploit code.