Application Server Patch Triage & Remediation: CVE-2025-24813
Triage a maximum-severity, CISA-KEV-listed Apache Tomcat partial-PUT path-equivalence finding (CVE-2025-24813) that can reach RCE: confirm the version and the enabling config, score it with CVSS, identify CWE-44 + CWE-502, judge exposure, upgrade and verify, and recognize the hardening that breaks the chain.
Skills you will practice
- Vulnerability and patch management; Vulnerability identification and prioritization; Application server administration and updates
Certifications this lab maps to
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The scenario
You are the systems analyst on call. The scanner flagged CVE-2025-24813 — a partial-PUT path-equivalence flaw in Apache Tomcat that can reach remote code execution — on an internet-facing server, and it is in the CISA KEV catalog. Start by understanding it.
What you will do
- Triage the alert4 steps
Open the ticket · Read the scan report · Which CVE? · Read the ticket
- Confirm the version and config4 steps
Check the version and config · What version is running? · Read the advisory · Is the host affected?
- Assess the severity4 steps
Find the CVSS vector · Compute the base score · What is the base score? · Which weakness classes?
- Confirm exposure and scan2 steps
Check exposure · Baseline scan
- Remediate and verify6 steps
Which fixed version? · Upgrade Tomcat · Confirm the version · Verify with a scan · …
How this lab works
A real Linux-style console. Commands run against real files, so hashes, hex dumps and comparisons give real results.
A file browser where you can place evidence into the lab, either the file provided or one of your own.
Reset a single step, a whole task or the entire lab. The environment is rebuilt so you can try again cleanly.
Progress saves after every step. Close the tab and come back later; your files and answers are waiting.