CVE-2026-86248 (GCVE-0-2026-86248)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-09-23 11:29 – Updated: 2026-09-23 16:14
VLAI
Title
Apache Tomcat: Fix for CVE-2026-34500 was incomplete. 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 vulnerability in Apache Tomcat. This issue affects Apache Tomcat: from 11.0.0-M14 through 11.0.25, from 10.1.22 through 10.1.59, from 9.0.92 through 9.0.121. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 11.0.26, 10.1.60 or 9.0.122, which fix the issue.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-09-23 16:14 UTC
CWE
  • CLIENT_CERT authentication does not fail as expected for some scenarios when soft fail is disabled
  • CWE-287 - Improper Authentication
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Apache Software Foundation Apache Tomcat Affected: 11.0.0-M14 , ≤ 11.0.25 (semver)
Affected: 10.1.22 , ≤ 10.1.59 (semver)
Affected: 9.0.92 , ≤ 9.0.121 (semver)
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Credits
Mike Read (github.com/Michael-JRead)
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