High CVSS 8.4

Overview

Untrusted Search Path vulnerability in Apache Tomcat installer for Windows. During installation, the Tomcat installer for Windows used icacls.exe without specifying a full path.

This issue affects Apache Tomcat: from 11.0.0-M1 through 11.0.7, from 10.1.0 through 10.1.41, from 9.0.23 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 through 8.5.100 and 7.0.95 through 7.0.109.


Users are recommended to upgrade to version 11.0.8, 10.1.42 or 9.0.106, which fix the issue.

Risk analysis

This vulnerability is rated 🟠 HIGH.

  • CVSS: 8.4 (HIGH)
  • Detected tags: apache (tag impact: LOW)

Recommended actions:

  • Prioritize remediation based on business criticality and exposure.
  • Limit exposure and increase monitoring until fixed.

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