CVE-2026-29145 (GCVE-0-2026-29145)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-04-09 19:20 – Updated: 2026-04-09 23:15
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Title
Apache Tomcat, Apache Tomcat Native: OCSP checks sometimes soft-fail even when soft-fail is disabled
Summary
CLIENT_CERT authentication does not fail as expected for some scenarios when soft fail is disabled vulnerability in Apache Tomcat, Apache Tomcat Native. This issue affects Apache Tomcat: from 11.0.0-M1 through 11.0.18, from 10.1.0-M7 through 10.1.52, from 9.0.83 through 9.0.115; Apache Tomcat Native: from 1.1.23 through 1.1.34, from 1.2.0 through 1.2.39, from 1.3.0 through 1.3.6, from 2.0.0 through 2.0.13. Users are recommended to upgrade to version Tomcat Native 1.3.7 or 2.0.14 and Tomcat 11.0.20, 10.1.53 and 9.0.116, which fix the issue.
Severity ?
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • CLIENT_CERT authentication does not fail as expected for some scenarios when soft fail is disabled
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Apache Software Foundation Apache Tomcat Affected: 11.0.0-M1 , ≤ 11.0.18 (semver)
Affected: 10.1.0-M7 , ≤ 10.1.52 (semver)
Affected: 9.0.83 , ≤ 9.0.115 (semver)
Unaffected: 0 , ≤ 8.5.100 (semver)
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    Apache Software Foundation Apache Tomcat Native Affected: 1.1.23 , ≤ 1.1.34 (semver)
Affected: 1.2.0 , ≤ 1.2.39 (semver)
Affected: 1.3.0 , ≤ 1.3.6 (semver)
Affected: 2.0.0 , ≤ 2.0.13 (semver)
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Credits
gregk4sec (https://github.com/gregk4sec)
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