GitHub Advisoryadvisory · Maven

GHSA-3p2h-wqq4-wf4h Apache Tomcat Denial of Service via invalid HTTP priority header

MEDIUM Published 2025-04-28 Modified 2025-11-03 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2025-31650
Ecosystem
Maven
Packages
org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-coyote, org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core
Severity
Moderate
CVSS vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U
Weaknesses
CWE-459, CWE-460
Reviewed
2025-04-29

Affected packages

• Maven org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-coyote: >= 9.0.76, < 9.0.104 → fixed in 9.0.104 • Maven org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-coyote: >= 10.1.10, < 10.1.40 → fixed in 10.1.40 • Maven org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-coyote: >= 11.0.0-M2, < 11.0.6 → fixed in 11.0.6 • Maven org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core: >= 9.0.76, < 9.0.104 → fixed in 9.0.104 • Maven org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core: >= 10.1.10, < 10.1.40 → fixed in 10.1.40 • Maven org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core: >= 11.0.0-M2, < 11.0.6 → fixed in 11.0.6 • Maven org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-coyote: >= 8.5.0, <= 8.5.100 (no fix yet) • Maven org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core: >= 8.5.0, <= 8.5.100 (no fix yet)

Description

Improper Input Validation vulnerability in Apache Tomcat. Incorrect error handling for some invalid HTTP priority headers resulted in incomplete clean-up of the failed request which created a memory leak. A large number of such requests could trigger an OutOfMemoryException resulting in a denial of service. This issue affects Apache Tomcat: from 9.0.76 through 9.0.102, from 10.1.10 through 10.1.39, from 11.0.0-M2 through 11.0.5. The following versions were EOL at the time the CVE was created but are known to be affected: 8.5.90 though 8.5.100. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 9.0.104, 10.1.40 or 11.0.6 which fix the issue.

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

  • CVE-2025-31650 Improper Input Validation vulnerability in Apache Tomcat. vulnerability

Weakness · CWE (2)

  • CWE-459 Incomplete Cleanup weakness
  • CWE-460 Improper Cleanup on Thrown Exception weakness

References