Apache Tomcat - RCE (CVE-2025-24813)

CVE-2025-24813 is a critical vulnerability involving path equivalence that can allow remote code execution, information disclosure, or the addition of malicious content through improperly handled writable file paths.

CrowdSec has been tracking this vulnerability and its exploits since 17th of March 2025.

Data from the CrowdSec community indicates that exploitation of CVE-2025-24813 is highly selective and intelligence-driven. Threat actors use advanced reconnaissance and carefully choose their targets, often as part of sophisticated campaigns or advanced persistent threat operations. Additionally, according to week-over-week analysis by CrowdSec, exploitation of CVE-2025-24813 is surging. Attack volumes are spiking well above historical norms, indicating widespread and escalating interest from threat actors. CVE-2025-24813 is currently experiencing high visibility and active exploitation across the internet.

Detected exploitation attempts are characterized by requests to URLs such as /check.txt or paths under /uploads/../sessions/ ending in .session.