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openSUSE Leap 16.0: Tomcat Important RCE DoS Vuln 2026:20034-1

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Calendar Grey January 15, 2026
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
Critical openSUSE security update addresses multiple vulnerabilities in tomcat. Install patches for enhanced protection.
An update that solves 3 vulnerabilities and has 3 bug fixes can now be installed.

Description

This update for tomcat fixes the following issues:

- Update to Tomcat 9.0.111

- Security fixes:

- CVE-2025-55752: directory traversal via rewrite with possible RCE if PUT is enabled (bsc#1252753).

- CVE-2025-55754: improper neutralization of Escape, Meta, or Control Sequences vulnerability in Apache Tomcat

(bsc#1252905).

- CVE-2025-61795: temporary copies during the processing of multipart upload can lead to a denial of service

(bsc#1252756).

Patch instructions:

To install this openSUSE security update use the suse recommended installation methods

like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

- openSUSE Leap 16.0

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-Leap-16.0-143=1

Patch

Package List

- openSUSE Leap 16.0:

tomcat-9.0.111-160000.1.1

tomcat-admin-webapps-9.0.111-160000.1.1

tomcat-docs-webapp-9.0.111-160000.1.1

tomcat-el-3_0-api-9.0.111-160000.1.1

tomcat-embed-9.0.111-160000.1.1

tomcat-javadoc-9.0.111-160000.1.1

tomcat-jsp-2_3-api-9.0.111-160000.1.1

tomcat-jsvc-9.0.111-160000.1.1

tomcat-lib-9.0.111-160000.1.1

tomcat-servlet-4_0-api-9.0.111-160000.1.1

tomcat-webapps-9.0.111-160000.1.1

References

* bsc#1252753

* bsc#1252756

* bsc#1252905

References:

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-55752.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-55754.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-61795.html

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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2026:20034-1
Rating: important
Affected Products: openSUSE Leap 16.0 -------------------------------------------------------------

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