High severityNVD Advisory· Published Jun 16, 2025· Updated Nov 3, 2025
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CVE-2025-48988
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.
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Affected packages
Versions sourced from the GitHub Security Advisory.
| Package | Affected versions | Patched versions |
|---|---|---|
org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-catalinaMaven | >= 11.0.0-M1, < 11.0.8 | 11.0.8 |
org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-catalinaMaven | >= 10.1.0-M1, < 10.1.42 | 10.1.42 |
org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-catalinaMaven | >= 9.0.0.M1, < 9.0.106 | 9.0.106 |
org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-coreMaven | >= 11.0.0-M1, < 11.0.8 | 11.0.8 |
org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-coreMaven | >= 10.1.0-M1, < 10.1.42 | 10.1.42 |
org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-coreMaven | >= 9.0.0.M1, < 9.0.106 | 9.0.106 |
org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-catalinaMaven | >= 8.5.0, <= 8.5.100 | — |
org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-coreMaven | >= 8.5.0, <= 8.5.100 | — |
Affected products
60- osv-coords59 versionspkg:apk/chainguard/camunda-zeebe-8.6pkg:apk/chainguard/camunda-zeebe-8.6-compatpkg:apk/chainguard/thingsboardpkg:apk/chainguard/thingsboard-tb-js-executorpkg:apk/chainguard/thingsboard-tb-mqtt-transportpkg:apk/chainguard/thingsboard-tb-nodepkg:apk/chainguard/thingsboard-tb-web-uipkg:apk/wolfi/thingsboardpkg:apk/wolfi/thingsboard-tb-js-executorpkg:apk/wolfi/thingsboard-tb-mqtt-transportpkg:apk/wolfi/thingsboard-tb-nodepkg:apk/wolfi/thingsboard-tb-web-uipkg:bitnami/tomcatpkg:maven/org.apache.tomcat.embed/tomcat-embed-corepkg:maven/org.apache.tomcat/tomcat-catalinapkg:rpm/almalinux/tomcatpkg:rpm/almalinux/tomcat9pkg:rpm/almalinux/tomcat9-admin-webappspkg:rpm/almalinux/tomcat9-docs-webapppkg:rpm/almalinux/tomcat9-el-3.0-apipkg:rpm/almalinux/tomcat9-jsp-2.3-apipkg:rpm/almalinux/tomcat9-libpkg:rpm/almalinux/tomcat9-servlet-4.0-apipkg:rpm/almalinux/tomcat9-webappspkg:rpm/almalinux/tomcat-admin-webappspkg:rpm/almalinux/tomcat-docs-webapppkg:rpm/almalinux/tomcat-el-3.0-apipkg:rpm/almalinux/tomcat-jsp-2.3-apipkg:rpm/almalinux/tomcat-libpkg:rpm/almalinux/tomcat-servlet-4.0-apipkg:rpm/almalinux/tomcat-webappspkg:rpm/opensuse/tomcat10&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.6pkg:rpm/opensuse/tomcat10&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/opensuse/tomcat11&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/opensuse/tomcat&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.6pkg:rpm/opensuse/tomcat&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/suse/tomcat10&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP5-ESPOSpkg:rpm/suse/tomcat10&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP5-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/tomcat10&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Web%20and%20Scripting%2015%20SP6pkg:rpm/suse/tomcat10&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Web%20and%20Scripting%2015%20SP7pkg:rpm/suse/tomcat10&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP5-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/tomcat10&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/tomcat&distro=SUSE%20Enterprise%20Storage%207.1pkg:rpm/suse/tomcat&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP3-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/tomcat&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP4-ESPOSpkg:rpm/suse/tomcat&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP4-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/tomcat&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP5-ESPOSpkg:rpm/suse/tomcat&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP5-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/tomcat&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Web%20and%20Scripting%2015%20SP6pkg:rpm/suse/tomcat&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Web%20and%20Scripting%2015%20SP7pkg:rpm/suse/tomcat&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP5-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/tomcat&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP3-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/tomcat&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP4-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/tomcat&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP5-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/tomcat&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/tomcat&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/tomcat&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/tomcat&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20LTSS%20Extended%20Security%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/tomcat&distro=SUSE%20Manager%20Server%204.3
< 8.6.18-r2+ 58 more
- (no CPE)range: < 8.6.18-r2
- (no CPE)range: < 8.6.18-r2
- (no CPE)range: < 4.0.1-r8
- (no CPE)range: < 4.0.1-r8
- (no CPE)range: < 4.0.1-r8
- (no CPE)range: < 4.0.1-r8
- (no CPE)range: < 4.0.1-r8
- (no CPE)range: < 4.0.1-r8
- (no CPE)range: < 4.0.1-r8
- (no CPE)range: < 4.0.1-r8
- (no CPE)range: < 4.0.1-r8
- (no CPE)range: < 4.0.1-r8
- (no CPE)range: < 9.0.106
- (no CPE)range: >= 11.0.0-M1, < 11.0.8
- (no CPE)range: >= 11.0.0-M1, < 11.0.8
- (no CPE)range: < 1:9.0.87-1.el8_10.6
- (no CPE)range: < 1:9.0.87-5.el10_0.3
- (no CPE)range: < 1:9.0.87-5.el10_0.3
- (no CPE)range: < 1:9.0.87-5.el10_0.3
- (no CPE)range: < 1:9.0.87-5.el10_0.3
- (no CPE)range: < 1:9.0.87-5.el10_0.3
- (no CPE)range: < 1:9.0.87-5.el10_0.3
- (no CPE)range: < 1:9.0.87-5.el10_0.3
- (no CPE)range: < 1:9.0.87-5.el10_0.3
- (no CPE)range: < 1:9.0.87-1.el8_10.6
- (no CPE)range: < 1:9.0.87-1.el8_10.6
- (no CPE)range: < 1:9.0.87-1.el8_10.6
- (no CPE)range: < 1:9.0.87-1.el8_10.6
- (no CPE)range: < 1:9.0.87-1.el8_10.6
- (no CPE)range: < 1:9.0.87-1.el8_10.6
- (no CPE)range: < 1:9.0.87-1.el8_10.6
- (no CPE)range: < 10.1.42-150200.5.45.1
- (no CPE)range: < 10.1.42-1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 11.0.8-1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.0.106-150200.86.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.0.106-1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 10.1.42-150200.5.45.1
- (no CPE)range: < 10.1.42-150200.5.45.1
- (no CPE)range: < 10.1.42-150200.5.45.1
- (no CPE)range: < 10.1.42-150200.5.45.1
- (no CPE)range: < 10.1.42-150200.5.45.1
- (no CPE)range: < 10.1.42-150200.5.45.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.0.106-150200.86.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.0.106-150200.86.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.0.106-150200.86.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.0.106-150200.86.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.0.106-150200.86.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.0.106-150200.86.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.0.106-150200.86.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.0.106-150200.86.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.0.36-3.145.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.0.106-150200.86.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.0.106-150200.86.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.0.106-150200.86.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.0.106-150200.86.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.0.106-150200.86.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.0.106-150200.86.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.0.36-3.145.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.0.106-150200.86.1
- Apache Software Foundation/Apache Tomcatv5Range: 11.0.0-M1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
11- github.com/advisories/GHSA-h3gc-qfqq-6h8fghsaADVISORY
- lists.apache.org/thread/nzkqsok8t42qofgqfmck536mtyzygp18ghsavendor-advisoryWEB
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-48988ghsaADVISORY
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/06/16/1ghsaWEB
- github.com/apache/tomcat/commit/2b0ab14fb55d4edc896e5f1817f2ab76f714ae5eghsaWEB
- github.com/apache/tomcat/commit/cdde8e655bc1c5c60a07efd216251d77c52fd7f6ghsaWEB
- github.com/apache/tomcat/commit/ee8042ffce4cb9324dfd79efda5984f37bbb6910ghsaWEB
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/07/msg00009.htmlghsaWEB
- tomcat.apache.org/security-10.htmlghsaWEB
- tomcat.apache.org/security-11.htmlghsaWEB
- tomcat.apache.org/security-9.htmlghsaWEB
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