CVE-2026-34500 (GCVE-0-2026-34500)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-04-09 19:36 – Updated: 2026-04-10 14:22
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Title
Apache Tomcat: OCSP checks sometimes soft-fail with FFM even when soft-fail is disabled
Summary
CLIENT_CERT authentication does not fail as expected for some scenarios when soft fail is disabled and FFM is used in Apache Tomcat. This issue affects Apache Tomcat: from 11.0.0-M14 through 11.0.20, from 10.1.22 through 10.1.53, from 9.0.92 through 9.0.116. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 11.0.21, 10.1.54 or 9.0.117, which fixes the issue.
Severity ?
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • CLIENT_CERT authentication does not fail as expected for some scenarios when soft fail is disabled
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Apache Software Foundation Apache Tomcat Affected: 11.0.0-M14 , ≤ 11.0.20 (semver)
Affected: 10.1.22 , ≤ 10.1.53 (semver)
Affected: 9.0.92 , ≤ 9.0.116 (semver)
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Credits
Haruki Oyama (Waseda University)
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