Apache Tomcat up to 9.0.104/10.1.40/11.0.6 pathInfo case sensitivity

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Apache Tomcat up to 9.0.104/10.1.40/11.0.6. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component pathInfo. The manipulation leads to case sensitivity. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2025-46701. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in Apache Tomcat up to 9.0.104/10.1.40/11.0.6 and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown functionality of the component pathInfo. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a case sensitivity vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-178. The product does not properly account for differences in case sensitivity when accessing or determining the properties of a resource, leading to inconsistent results. Impacted is integrity. The summary by CVE is:

Improper Handling of Case Sensitivity vulnerability in Apache Tomcat's GCI servlet allows security constraint bypass of security constraints that apply to the pathInfo component of a URI mapped to the CGI servlet. This issue affects Apache Tomcat: from 11.0.0-M1 through 11.0.6, from 10.1.0-M1 through 10.1.40, from 9.0.0.M1 through 9.0.104. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 11.0.7, 10.1.41 or 9.0.105, which fixes the issue.

The weakness was disclosed by Greg K. The advisory is shared at lists.apache.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-46701 since 04/28/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 08/16/2025).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 237500 (Apache Tomcat 11.0.0.M1 < 11.0.7), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 9.0.105, 10.1.41 or 11.0.7 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (237500), EUVD (EUVD-2025-16411) and CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2025-1850). Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

Affected

• Xerox FreeFlow Print Server

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Type

• Application Server Software

Vendor

• Apache

Name

• Tomcat

Version

• 9.0.104
• 10.1.0
• 10.1.1
• 10.1.2
• 10.1.3
• 10.1.4
• 10.1.5
• 10.1.6
• 10.1.7
• 10.1.8
• 10.1.9
• 10.1.10
• 10.1.11
• 10.1.12
• 10.1.13
• 10.1.14
• 10.1.15
• 10.1.16
• 10.1.17
• 10.1.18
• 10.1.19
• 10.1.20
• 10.1.21
• 10.1.22
• 10.1.23
• 10.1.24
• 10.1.25
• 10.1.26
• 10.1.27
• 10.1.28
• 10.1.29
• 10.1.30
• 10.1.31
• 10.1.32
• 10.1.33
• 10.1.34
• 10.1.35
• 10.1.36
• 10.1.37
• 10.1.38
• 10.1.39
• 10.1.40
• 11.0.0
• 11.0.1
• 11.0.2
• 11.0.3
• 11.0.4
• 11.0.5
• 11.0.6

License

• open-source

Website

• Vendor: https://www.apache.org/

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Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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