Identified as CVE-2025-31650, this high-severity vulnerability affects multiple Tomcat versions, posing a significant security risk to organizations relying on this popular Java application server. When attackers send numerous malformed requests containing invalid HTTP priority headers, they can trigger an OutOfMemoryException, effectively causing a denial of service that renders the application unavailable. Cyber Security News is a Dedicated News Platform For Cyber News, Cyber Attack News, Hacking News & Vulnerability Analysis. As one system administrator noted in previous incidents, “Tomcat is unable to release unused memory. In March 2025, CVE-2025-24813 was disclosed, a critical remote code execution vulnerability with a CVSS score of 9.8 that allowed attackers to take control of vulnerable servers. Although version 9.0.103 contained fixes for this issue, “the release vote for the 9.0.103 release candidate did not pass,” so this version is not included among the affected versions despite containing the fix.
This Cyber News was published on cybersecuritynews.com. Publication date: Tue, 29 Apr 2025 06:05:06 +0000