🛡️ CVE-2025-55668 on Maven (Root.io) — tomcat-catalina

Distribution advisory

This page covers CVE-2025-55668 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 over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. A user must be tricked into taking some action. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity none, availability none.

CVSS metrics in full

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

• 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: Required — someone has to click, open or visit something.
• Scope: Unchanged — the damage stays inside the vulnerable component.
• Confidentiality impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
• Integrity impact: None.
• Availability impact: None.

Weakness class

ROOT-APP-MAVEN-CVE-2025-55668 is classified as CWE-384: Session Fixation. A session identifier is not renewed at login, so an identifier planted beforehand becomes an authenticated session.

Affected software

ROOT-APP-MAVEN-CVE-2025-55668 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-2025-31651 (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-2025-49124 (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)
• ROOT-APP-MAVEN-CVE-2024-56337 (8.0 High, published 3 Aug 2026)
• ROOT-APP-MAVEN-CVE-2025-61795 (2.0 Low, published 3 Aug 2026)

Same weakness in other software

These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-384: Session Fixation) in other software:

• CVE-2026-70594 (6.7 Medium, published 17 Aug 2026)
• CVE-2026-16496 (8.9 High, published 28 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2026-33757 (9.5 Critical, published 27 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2026-16089 (5.4 Medium, published 17 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2026-44553 (8.0 High, published 13 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2025-64100 (6.1 Medium, published 7 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2026-14609 (5.6 Medium, published 3 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2026-13707 (7.6 High, published 1 Jul 2026)

CVE-2025-55668 on other distributions

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

Details

Affected Packages

References