CVE-2025-41242
CVE-2025-41242: Path traversal vulnerability on non-compliant Servlet containers
Severity Score
Exploit Likelihood
Affected Versions
Public Exploits
0Exploited in Wild
-Decision
Descriptions
Spring Framework MVC applications can be vulnerable to a “Path Traversal Vulnerability” when deployed on a non-compliant Servlet container. An application can be vulnerable when all the following are true: * the application is deployed as a WAR or with an embedded Servlet container * the Servlet container does not reject suspicious sequences https://jakarta.ee/specifications/servlet/6.1/jakarta-servlet-spec-6.1.html#uri-path-canonicalization * the application serves static resources https://docs.spring.io/spring-framework/reference/web/webmvc/mvc-config/static-resources.html#page-title with Spring resource handling We have verified that applications deployed on Apache Tomcat or Eclipse Jetty are not vulnerable, as long as default security features are not disabled in the configuration. Because we cannot check exploits against all Servlet containers and configuration variants, we strongly recommend upgrading your application.
CVSS Scores
SSVC
- Decision:Track
Timeline
- 2025-04-16 CVE Reserved
- 2025-08-18 CVE Published
- 2025-08-24 EPSS Updated
- 2025-08-25 CVE Updated
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CWE
- CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')