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🛡️ CVE-2025-24813 — bootstrap-os

🔴 CVSS 9.8 — Critical ⚠️ Exploit Public CWE-44 NVD
9.8
CVSS Score
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Description

Apache Tomcat: Potential RCE and/or information disclosure and/or information corruption with partial PUT

Path Equivalence: 'file.Name' (Internal Dot) leading to Remote Code Execution and/or Information disclosure and/or malicious content added to uploaded files via write enabled Default Servlet in Apache Tomcat.

This issue affects Apache Tomcat: from 11.0.0-M1 through 11.0.2, from 10.1.0-M1 through 10.1.34, from 9.0.0.M1 through 9.0.98. 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.

If all of the following were true, a malicious user was able to view security sensitive files and/or inject content into those files:

- writes enabled for the default servlet (disabled by default)

  • support for partial PUT (enabled by default)
  • a target URL for security sensitive uploads that was a sub-directory of a target URL for public uploads

- attacker knowledge of the names of security sensitive files being uploaded

- the security sensitive files also being uploaded via partial PUT

If all of the following were true, a malicious user was able to perform remote code execution:

  • writes enabled for the default servlet (disabled by default)

- support for partial PUT (enabled by default)

- application was using Tomcat's file based session persistence with the default storage location

- application included a library that may be leveraged in a deserialization attack

Users are recommended to upgrade to version 11.0.3, 10.1.35 or 9.0.99, which fixes the issue.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity high, availability high.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

  • Attack vector: Network — reachable from anywhere that can route to the service.
  • Attack complexity: Low — the attack works reliably, with no preparation.
  • Privileges required: None — an unauthenticated stranger can try it.
  • User interaction: None — nobody has to be tricked into anything.
  • Scope: Unchanged — the damage stays inside the vulnerable component.
  • Confidentiality impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
  • Integrity impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
  • Availability impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.

Weakness class

CVE-2025-24813 is classified as CWE-44: Path Equivalence: 'file.name' (Internal Dot). The product accepts path input in the form of internal dot ('file.ordir') without appropriate validation, which can lead to ambiguous path resolution and allow an attacker to traverse the file system to unintended locations or access arbitrary files.

Affected software

CVE-2025-24813 is recorded against 5 packages.

  • bootstrap-os
  • debian-linux
  • org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core (from 8.5.0)
  • org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-catalina (from 8.5.0)
  • tomcat

Timeline and source

Published on 10 March 2025 and last revised on 17 June 2026. A public exploit is known to exist, which raises the urgency of patching considerably. Record sourced from NVD.

References

lists.apache.org
www.openwall.com
lists.debian.org
security.netapp.com
www.vicarius.io
www.vicarius.io
www.vicarius.io
www.vicarius.io
github.com
www.cisa.gov

Other advisories for this package

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CVE-2025-24813 on other distributions

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Details

Severity CRITICAL
CVSS Score 9.8
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE CWE-44
Public Exploit ⚠️ Yes
Source NVD
Published 2025-03-10
Updated 2026-08-20
Modified 2026-06-17
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
bootstrap-os — —
debian-linux — —
org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-catalina 8.5.0 —
org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core 8.5.0 —
tomcat — —

References

Mailing List, Third Party Advisory http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/03/10/5

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