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Security Bulletin: Due to the use of Apache Tomcat, IBM ApplinX is vulnerable to multiple vulnerabilities.
Security Bulletin
Summary
Due to the use of Apache Tomcat, IBM ApplinX is vulnerable to a multiple vulnerabilities. Apache Tomcat has been updated within IBM ApplinX in order to address the vulnerabilities.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2025-46701
DESCRIPTION: Improper Handling of Case Sensitivity vulnerability in Apache Tomcat's GCI servlet allows security constraint bypass of security constraints that apply to the pathInfo component of a URI mapped to the CGI servlet.
This issue affects Apache Tomcat: from 11.0.0-M1 through 11.0.6, from 10.1.0-M1 through 10.1.40, from 9.0.0.M1 through 9.0.104.
Users are recommended to upgrade to version 11.0.7, 10.1.41 or 9.0.105, which fixes the issue.
CWE: CWE-178: Improper Handling of Case Sensitivity
CVSS Source: CISA ADP
CVSS Base score: 7.3
CVSS Vector:(CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L)
CVEID: CVE-2025-48976
DESCRIPTION: Allocation of resources for multipart headers with insufficient limits enabled a DoS vulnerability in Apache Commons FileUpload.
This issue affects Apache Commons FileUpload: from 1.0 before 1.6; from 2.0.0-M1 before 2.0.0-M4.
Users are recommended to upgrade to versions 1.6 or 2.0.0-M4, which fix the issue.
CWE: CWE-770: Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
CVSS Source: CISA ADP
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Vector:(CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
CVEID: CVE-2025-48988
DESCRIPTION: Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling vulnerability in Apache Tomcat.
This issue affects Apache Tomcat: from 11.0.0-M1 through 11.0.7, from 10.1.0-M1 through 10.1.41, from 9.0.0.M1 through 9.0.105.
Users are recommended to upgrade to version 11.0.8, 10.1.42 or 9.0.106, which fix the issue.
CWE: CWE-770: Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
CVSS Source: CISA ADP
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Vector:(CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
CVEID: CVE-2025-49125
DESCRIPTION: Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel vulnerability in Apache Tomcat. When using PreResources or PostResources mounted other than at the root of the web application, it was possible to access those resources via an unexpected path. That path was likely not to be protected by the same security constraints as the expected path, allowing those security constraints to be bypassed.
This issue affects Apache Tomcat: from 11.0.0-M1 through 11.0.7, from 10.1.0-M1 through 10.1.41, from 9.0.0.M1 through 9.0.105.
Users are recommended to upgrade to version 11.0.8, 10.1.42 or 9.0.106, which fix the issue.
CWE: CWE-288: Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel
CVSS Source: CISA ADP
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Vector:(CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)
Affected Products and Versions
| Affected Product(s) | Version(s) |
| IBM ApplinX | 11.1 |
Remediation/Fixes
IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerabilities now by upgrading IBM ApplinX.
| Product | Version | Remediation/Fix |
| IBM ApplinX | 11.1 | Download and apply the update from Fix Central here. |
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
Acknowledgement
Change History
15 Jul 2025: Initial Publication
Document Location
Worldwide
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