Vulnerability · Published Oct 16, 2025 · Assigned by apache

CVE-2025-61581Apache Traffic Control: ReDoS issue in Traffic Router configuration

High 7.5

In plain English

A high-severity regular-expression denial of service in Apache Traffic Control from Apache Software Foundation. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.7% (higher than 55% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.5High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.7%top 45.3% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

** UNSUPPORTED WHEN ASSIGNED ** Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity vulnerability in Apache Traffic Control. This issue affects Apache Traffic Control: all versions. People with access to the management interface of the Traffic Router component could specify malicious patterns and cause unavailability. As this project is retired, we do not plan to release a version that fixes this issue. Users are recommended to find an alternative or restrict access to the instance to trusted users. NOTE: This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Gogithub.com/apache/trafficcontrolno fix listedGO-2025-4033
Gogithub.com/apache/trafficcontrol/v8no fix listedGHSA-9m49-p2j3-c6xm
Gogithub.com/apache/trafficcontrol/v8no fix listedGO-2025-4033

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Apache Software Foundation Apache Traffic Control 0 – before *

Weakness: CWE-1333 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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