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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-55752

🗓️ 28 Oct 2025 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
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Linux host has unpatched Apache Tomcat CVE-2025-55752 enabling path traversal and possible remote code execution.

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  - Relative Path Traversal vulnerability in Apache Tomcat. The fix for bug 60013 introduced a regression
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    through 11.0.10, from 10.1.0-M1 through 10.1.44, from 9.0.0.M11 through 9.0.108. The following versions
    were EOL at the time the CVE was created but are known to be affected: 8.5.6 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
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if (!get_kb_item("global_settings/vendor_unpatched")) exit(0, "Unpatched Vulnerabilities Detection not active.");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (empty_or_null(get_one_kb_item("Host/CentOS/rpm-list")) && empty_or_null(get_one_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l")) && empty_or_null(get_one_kb_item("Host/RedHat/rpm-list"))) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

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    "package_manager": "dpkg-l",
    "constraints": [
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        "release": "16.04",
        "pkgs": [
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          {"reference": "libtomcat8-java"},
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          {"reference": "tomcat8-common"},
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        "pkgs": [
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  "Ubuntu Linux-20.04": {
    "package_manager": "dpkg-l",
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        "release": "20.04",
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        "release": "26.04",
        "pkgs": [
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        "pkgs": [
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          {"reference": "tomcat11"}
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    "package_manager": "rpm-list",
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          {"reference": "idm-jss"},
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    "package_manager": "rpm-list",
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      {
        "release": "8",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "pki-servlet-4.0-api"},
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var distro_constraints_values = linux_unpatched::get_distro_constraints(distro_constraints_arr:distro_constraints_array);
if (empty_or_null(distro_constraints_values)) audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, 'affected');
var report = linux_unpatched::check_unpatched_constraints(distro_constraints_values:distro_constraints_values);

if (!empty_or_null(report))
{
  security_report_v4(
      port       : 0,
      severity   : SECURITY_WARNING,
      extra      : report
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, 'affected');
}

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02 Jun 2026 00:00Current
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CVSS 3.17.5
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