This critical-severity CVE scores 9.8 under NVD CVSS v3. EPSS exploit probability: 1.2%, top 33% of all CVEs by exploit prediction. GitHub Security Advisory data not yet ingested — confidence will rise once GHSA publishes (typical lag: hours to days for open-source ecosystem CVEs; never for infrastructure-only CVEs).
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DEPRECATED: Authentication Bypass Issues vulnerability in digest authentication 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 9.0.0.M1 through 9.0.117, from 8.5.0 through 8.5.100, from before 7.0.0. Older unsupported versions any also be affect
Users are recommended to upgrade to version 11.0.22, 10.1.55 or 9.0.118 which fix the issue.
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May 12, 2026
May 15, 2026
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat JBoss Web Server 6.2.4 release and security update
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat JBoss Web Server 6.2.4 release and security update
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat JBoss Web Server 7.0.0 security release
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat JBoss Web Server 7.0.0 security release
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat OpenShift Dev Spaces 3.28.2 Release.
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Hardened Images RPMs bug fix and enhancement update
Apache Tomcat - Digest authenticator will authenticate any unknown user
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Hardened Images RPMs bug fix and enhancement update
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ubuntu | tomcat10-user (10.1.40-1ubuntu1.26.04.1) @ resolute | 2026-08-23 | ubuntu |
| ubuntu | tomcat7-user (7.0.52-1ubuntu0.16+esm2) @ trusty | 2026-08-23 | ubuntu |
| redhat | jws6-tomcat-0:10.1.49-15.redhat_00013.1.el9jws | 2026-07-22 | redhat |
| redhat | tomcat-coyote | 2026-07-22 | redhat |
| redhat | jws7-tomcat-0:11.0.21-5.redhat_00004.1.el9jws | 2026-07-14 | redhat |
| redhat | devspaces/server-rhel9:1780694994 | 2026-06-10 | redhat |
| redhat | tomcat10-main-10.1.55-1.hum1 | 2026-05-12 | redhat |
| redhat | tomcat11-main-11.0.22-0.1.hum1 | 2026-05-05 | redhat |
Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| tomcat10 | 10.1.40-1 ... 10.1.55-1~deb12u1 (8 versions) | 10.1.55-1~deb13u1 | — |
| tomcat11 | 11.0.11-1 ... 11.0.6-1 (6 versions) | 11.0.22-1~deb13u1 | — |
| tomcat9 | — | 9.0.70-2 | — |
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| tomcat10 | 10.1.40-1 ... 10.1.55-1~deb13u1 (9 versions) | 10.1.55-1 | — |
| tomcat11 | 11.0.11-1 ... 11.0.6-1 (7 versions) | 11.0.22-1 | — |
| tomcat9 | — | 9.0.70-2 | — |
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core | 11.0.0 ... 11.0.9 (42 versions) | 11.0.22 | — |
| org.apache.tomcat:tomcat | 11.0.0 ... 11.0.9 (42 versions) | 11.0.22 | — |
| org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-catalina | 11.0.0 ... 11.0.9 (42 versions) | 11.0.22 | — |
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| tomcat10 | 10.1.10-1 ... 10.1.9-1 (33 versions) | 10.1.55-1~deb12u1 | — |
| tomcat9 | — | 9.0.70-2 | — |
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| tomcat9 | 9.0.107-0+deb11u1 ... 9.0.95-1 (34 versions) | 9.0.118-0+deb11u1 | — |
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