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NTAP-20251114-0003 — CVE-2025-48988 Apache Tomcat Vulnerability in NetApp Products

Published 2025-11-14 · Updated 2026-09-23 · Status: Interim · Exploitation: Public · Severity: HIGH 7.5 · ONTAP affected: Yes

Official advisory: NTAP-20251114-0003 on security.netapp.com ↗. Affected versions, fixed releases, and workarounds live there — this page is a summary.

Product family: ONTAP · NetApp Console / BlueXP | ONTAP-relevant | highest CVSS: 7.5

CVEs in this advisory

CVE-2025-48988 — HIGH · CVSS 7.5 · site index

What the CVE records say

CVE-2025-48988 — Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling vulnerability in Apache Tomcat. This issue affects Apache Tomcat: from 11.0.0-M1 through 11.0.7, from 10.1.0-M1 through 10.1.41, from 9.0.0.M1 through 9.0.105. The following versions were EOL at the time the CVE was created but are known to be affected: 8.5.0 though 8.5.100. Other, older, EOL versions may also be affected. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 11.0.8, 10.1.42 or 9.0.106, which fix the issue.

Impact

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to Denial of Service (DoS).

Affected products

ONTAP tools for VMware vSphere 10
NetApp Console Agent
NetApp Console Agent Container (docker_occm)

Official fixes

ONTAP tools for VMware vSphere 10 — vendor fix ↗

References

https://lists.apache.org/thread/nzkqsok8t42qofgqfmck536mtyzygp18 ↗

What to do

Check the affected products listed above against the official advisory's affected-versions table — that is where the exact ONTAP 9 release, ONTAP tool, or management product versions are named.
If affected and a fixed release exists, plan the upgrade — see the ONTAP upgrade runbook.
If exploitation is listed as "active", treat remediation as urgent and review exposure (management LIFs, ONTAP S3, SnapMirror endpoints).
Harden in parallel: security hardening baseline and ransomware protection on ONTAP.