🛡️ CVE-2025-49124 on Maven (Root.io) — tomcat-catalina

Distribution advisory

This page covers CVE-2025-49124 as tracked by Maven (Root.io), for the package tomcat-catalina. The fix is available in version 11.0.8-root.io.3; earlier versions remain affected.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached with local access to the system, 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:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

• Attack vector: Local — a local account, shell or session on the host is needed.
• 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

ROOT-APP-MAVEN-CVE-2025-49124 is classified as CWE-426: Untrusted Search Path. The product resolves a library or executable using a search path an attacker can influence.

Affected software

ROOT-APP-MAVEN-CVE-2025-49124 is recorded against 4 packages.

• io.root.org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core (fixed in 10.1.34-root.io.7)
• io.root.org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-catalina (fixed in 11.0.8-root.io.3)
• org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core (fixed in 10.1.34-aikido.7)
• org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-catalina (fixed in 11.0.8-aikido.3)

Timeline and source

Published on 3 August 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

Other advisories for this package

io.root.org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-catalina has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:

• ROOT-APP-MAVEN-CVE-2025-55752 (8.0 High, published 3 Aug 2026)
• ROOT-APP-MAVEN-CVE-2023-46589 (8.0 High, published 3 Aug 2026)
• ROOT-APP-MAVEN-CVE-2025-31651 (2.0 Low, published 3 Aug 2026)
• ROOT-APP-MAVEN-CVE-2025-52520 (8.0 High, published 3 Aug 2026)
• ROOT-APP-MAVEN-CVE-2025-49125 (5.0 Medium, published 3 Aug 2026)
• ROOT-APP-MAVEN-CVE-2025-55668 (5.0 Medium, published 3 Aug 2026)
• ROOT-APP-MAVEN-CVE-2025-24813 (9.5 Critical, published 3 Aug 2026)
• ROOT-APP-MAVEN-CVE-2025-66614 (5.0 Medium, published 3 Aug 2026)

Same weakness in other software

These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-426: Untrusted Search Path) in other software:

• CVE-2026-41447 (7.8 High, published 3 Aug 2026)
• CVE-2026-47211 (8.0 High, published 3 Aug 2026)
• CVE-2026-18605 (7.0 High, published 3 Aug 2026)
• CVE-2026-48395 (8.6 High, published 28 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2026-48391 (8.2 High, published 28 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2026-11400 (8.0 High, published 17 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2026-63093 (8.8 High, published 17 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2025-40945 (6.7 Medium, published 14 Jul 2026)

CVE-2025-49124 on other distributions

Each distribution ships its own build and its own fixed version. Pick the one you run:

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