CVE-2025-46701: Apache Tomcat - CGI security constraint bypass

Quick answers

Is CVE-2025-46701 exploited in the wild?

No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2025-46701 being exploited in the wild.

How severe is CVE-2025-46701?

Medium severity, with a CVSS score of 4, published 29 May 2025.

Which products and versions are affected?

org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-catalina (Maven) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=9.0.0.M1,fixed=9.0.105; org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core (Maven) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=9.0.0.M1,fixed=9.0.105.

Is there a fix for CVE-2025-46701?

Yes. org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-catalina (Maven): upgrade to 9.0.105 or later; org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core (Maven): upgrade to 9.0.105 or later. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.

Am I affected by CVE-2025-46701?

Check whether you run org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-catalina (Maven) or org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core (Maven) at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

How to fix

• org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-catalina (Maven): upgrade to 9.0.105 or later

  # set org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-catalina to 9.0.105 in your pom.xml or build.gradle

• org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core (Maven): upgrade to 9.0.105 or later

  # set org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core to 9.0.105 in your pom.xml or build.gradle

Affected products

• org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-catalina (Maven) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=9.0.0.M1,fixed=9.0.105
• org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core (Maven) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=9.0.0.M1,fixed=9.0.105

Identifiers

• CVE-2025-46701
• GHSA-h2fw-rfh5-95r3