The Apache Software Foundation has released security updates addressing a vulnerability in Apache Tomcat.
Tomcat is an open-source web server and servlet container that is used to deploy and serve Java-based web applications. CVE-2025-24813 is ‘deserialisation of untrusted data’ and ‘path equivalence: file.name (Internal dot)’ vulnerability that an attacker could exploit to achieve remote code execution (RCE), view security sensitive files, or inject content into those files. Exploitation of this vulnerability has been reported in the wild and a public proof-of-concept exploit has been released. The NHS England National CSOC assesses that continued exploitation of this vulnerability is considered highly likely.
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Source: NHS Digital
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