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CVE-2025-53506GHSA-25XR-QJ8W-C4VFBIT-TOMCAT-2025-53506

Apache Tomcat: DoS via excessive h2 streams at connection start

Published
Last modified
published
Not listed in CISA KEV
Fix
Fixed in 11.0.9, 10.1.43, 9.0.107
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
  • Exploitation: none
  • Automatable: yes
  • Technical impact: partial

Summary

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability in Apache Tomcat if an HTTP/2 client did not acknowledge the initial settings frame that reduces the maximum permitted concurrent streams. This issue affects Apache Tomcat: from 11.0.0-M1 through 11.0.8, from 10.1.0-M1 through 10.1.42, from 9.0.0.M1 through 9.0.106. 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. Other EOL versions may also be affected. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 11.0.9, 10.1.43 or 9.0.107, which fix the issue.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. CISA SSVC assessment

    Exploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: partial

  3. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • Apache Software Foundation Apache Tomcat

    From 11.0.0-M1 · through 11.0.8; From 10.1.0-M1 · through 10.1.42; From 9.0.0.M1 · through 9.0.106; From 8.5.0 · through 8.5.100

  • org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-coyoteMaven

    From 11.0.0-M1 · fixed in 11.0.9

  • org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-coyoteMaven

    From 10.1.0-M1 · fixed in 10.1.43

  • org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-coyoteMaven

    From 9.0.0.M1 · fixed in 9.0.107

  • org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-coyoteMaven

    From 8.5.0 · through 8.5.100

  • org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-coreMaven

    From 8.5.0 · through 8.5.100

  • org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-coreMaven

    From 9.0.0.M1 · fixed in 9.0.107

  • org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-coreMaven

    From 10.1.0-M1 · fixed in 10.1.43

  • org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-coreMaven

    From 11.0.0-M1 · fixed in 11.0.9

References 1

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