FKIE_CVE-2026-68763

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-08-25 22:17 - Updated: 2026-08-27 13:02
Severity
7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Summary
Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability in Apache Tomcat via an allocation leak in the HTTP/2 backlog tracking when a stream is reset This issue affects Apache Tomcat: from 11.0.0-M1 through 11.0.24, from 10.1.0-M1 through 10.1.57, from 9.0.39 through 9.0.120. The following versions were EOL at the time the CVE was created but are known to be affected: from 8.5.59 through 8.5.100. Other unsupported versions may also be affected. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 11.0.25, 10.1.58 or 9.0.121, which fix the issue.
References
security@apache.orghttps://lists.apache.org/thread/tv51ty39ppv41v04hdtkp9dp7tg02nzlVendor Advisory, Mailing List
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/08/26/9Third Party Advisory, Mailing List
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
apache tomcat *
apache tomcat *
apache tomcat *
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