# CVE-2025-52520: Apache Tomcat Catalina is vulnerable to DoS attack through bypassing of size limits

Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2025-52520-apache-tomcat-catalina-is-vulnerable-to-dos-attack-through  
Publisher: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, https://junglewise.ai/threats  
Published: 2025-07-10  
License: CC BY 4.0 with a link back

CVE-2025-52520 · Severity: low · CVSS 3.1 · Published 2025-07-10

Apache Tomcat Catalina is vulnerable to DoS attack through bypassing of size limits

Technologies: [org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-catalina (Maven)](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/org-apache-tomcat-tomcat-catalina), [org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core (Maven)](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/org-apache-tomcat-embed-tomcat-embed-core). Vendors: [Maven](https://junglewise.ai/threats/vendors/maven).

## Quick answers

**Is CVE-2025-52520 exploited in the wild?** No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2025-52520 being exploited in the wild.

**How severe is CVE-2025-52520?** Low severity, with a CVSS score of 3.1, published 10 July 2025.

**Which products and versions are affected?** org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-catalina (Maven) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=11.0.0-M1,fixed=11.0.9; org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core (Maven) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=11.0.0-M1,fixed=11.0.9.

**Is there a fix for CVE-2025-52520?** Yes. org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-catalina (Maven): upgrade to 11.0.9 or later; org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core (Maven): upgrade to 11.0.9 or later. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.

**Am I affected by CVE-2025-52520?** 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 11.0.9 or later

  ```sh
  # set org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-catalina to 11.0.9 in your pom.xml or build.gradle
  ```

- org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core (Maven): upgrade to 11.0.9 or later

  ```sh
  # set org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core to 11.0.9 in your pom.xml or build.gradle
  ```


## Affected products

- org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-catalina (Maven) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=11.0.0-M1,fixed=11.0.9
- org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core (Maven) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=11.0.0-M1,fixed=11.0.9

## Identifiers

- CVE-2025-52520
- GHSA-wr62-c79q-cv37

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