CVE-2025-55754

Improper Neutralization of Escape, Meta, or Control Sequences vulnerability in Apache Tomcat.

Tomcat did not escape ANSI escape sequences in log messages. If Tomcat was running in a console on a Windows operating system, and the console supported ANSI escape sequences, it was possible for an attacker to use a specially crafted URL to inject ANSI escape sequences to manipulate the console and the clipboard and attempt to trick an administrator into running an attacker controlled command. While no attack vector was found, it may have been possible to mount this attack on other operating systems.



This issue affects Apache Tomcat: from 11.0.0-M1 through 11.0.10, from 10.1.0-M1 through 10.1.44, from 9.0.40 through 9.0.108.

The following versions were EOL at the time the CVE was created but are 
known to be affected: 8.5.60 though 8.5.100. Other, older, EOL versions may also be affected.
Users are recommended to upgrade to version 11.0.11 or later, 10.1.45 or later or 9.0.109 or later, which fix the issue.
ProviderTypeBase ScoreAtk. VectorAtk. ComplexityPriv. RequiredVector
NISTNIST
9.6 CRITICAL
NETWORK
LOW
NONE
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
apacheCNA
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CISA-ADPADP
9.6 CRITICAL
NETWORK
LOW
NONE
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVEADP
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Base Score
CVSS 3.x
EPSS Score
Percentile: 23%
VendorProductVersion
apachetomcat
8.5.60 ≤
𝑥
≤ 8.5.100
apachetomcat
9.0.40 ≤
𝑥
< 9.0.109
apachetomcat
10.0.0 ≤
𝑥
< 10.0.27
apachetomcat
10.1.0 ≤
𝑥
< 10.1.45
apachetomcat
11.0.0 ≤
𝑥
< 11.0.11
𝑥
= Vulnerable software versions
Debian logo
Debian Releases
Debian Product
Codename
tomcat10
bookworm
vulnerable
bookworm (security)
vulnerable
trixie
vulnerable
forky
10.1.46-1
fixed
sid
10.1.46-1
fixed
tomcat11
trixie
vulnerable
forky
11.0.11-1
fixed
sid
11.0.11-1
fixed
tomcat9
bullseye
vulnerable
bullseye (security)
9.0.107-0+deb11u1
fixed
bookworm
9.0.70-2
fixed
trixie
9.0.95-1
fixed
forky
9.0.111-1
fixed
sid
9.0.111-1
fixed
Ubuntu logo
Ubuntu Releases
Ubuntu Product
Codename
tomcat10
questing
needs-triage
plucky
needs-triage
noble
needs-triage
jammy
dne
tomcat11
questing
needs-triage
plucky
dne
noble
dne
jammy
dne
tomcat9
questing
not-affected
plucky
not-affected
noble
not-affected
jammy
needs-triage
focal
needs-triage
bionic
needs-triage