FKIE_CVE-2026-42498

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-05-12 16:16 - Updated: 2026-05-14 18:51
Severity ?
7.3 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Summary
Exposure of HTTP Authentication Header to unexpected hosts during WebSocket authentication vulnerability in Apache Tomcat. This issue affects Apache Tomcat: from 11.0.0-M1 through 11.0.21, from 10.1.0-M1 through 10.1.54, from 9.0.2 through 9.0.117, from 8.5.24 through 8.5.100, from 7.0.83 through 7.0.109. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 11.0.22, 10.1.55 or 9.0.118, which fix the issue.
References
security@apache.orghttps://lists.apache.org/thread/n61zwf75jrv09rz90j4jssncm244bwdbMailing List, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/12/14Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
apache tomcat *
apache tomcat *
apache tomcat *
apache tomcat *
apache tomcat *
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