CVE-2026-50229

MEDIUMPre-NVD 6.16.1—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 6.1 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-06-29. CISA-ADP (Vulnrichment) CVSS v3.1 baseline 6.1; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: cisa-adp, epss, ghsa
Elevated
6.1EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 4.1%CVSS: 6.1Exploit: Elevated riskExposed services: Not assessed

A fix is available — apply it.

Improper Neutralization of Script-Related HTML Tags in a Web Page (Basic XSS) vulnerability in the number guess example for Apache Tomcat.

This issue affects Apache Tomcat: from 11.0.0-M1 through 11.0.22, from 10.1.0-M1 through 10.1.55, from 9.0.0.M1 through 9.0.118, from 8.5.0 through 8.5.100, from 7.0.0 through 7.0.109. Other versions that have reached end of support may also be affected.

Users are recommended to upgrade to version 11.0.23, 10.1.56 or 9.0.119, which fix the issue.

CVSS v3
6.1
EG Score
6.1MEDIUMmedium confidence
EG Risk
48
EG Risk 48/100

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity61% × 45%
Exploitation40% × 40%
Automatability30% × 15%
EPSS PROB
4.1%
EPSS %ILE
90th
KEV
Not listed

Published

June 29, 2026

Last Modified

July 2, 2026

Advisory Details (2)

Auto-updated Jun 30, 2026
Patch available.
generic

oss-security - CVE-2026-50229: Apache Tomcat: XSS in number guess example

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/06/29/20

Patch Availability(2)

Vendor / EcosystemFix (by version range) / PatchReleasedSource
ubuntutomcat8-user (8.0.32-1ubuntu1.13+esm2) @ xenial2026-09-23ubuntu
redhattomcat11-main-11.0.23-0.1.hum12026-06-29redhat

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.

Affected Packages

(9 across 4 ecosystems)
Debian:13(3)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
tomcat1010.1.40-1 ... 10.1.60-1 (11 versions)
  • every version on: no fix on record
—
tomcat1111.0.11-1 ... 11.0.6-1 (10 versions)
  • every version on: no fix on record
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tomcat9—
  • every version up to 9.0.70-2: fixed in 9.0.70-2
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Debian:14(3)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
tomcat1010.1.40-1 ... 10.1.55-1~deb13u1 (10 versions)
  • every version up to 10.1.60-1: fixed in 10.1.60-1
—
tomcat1111.0.11-1 ... 11.0.6-1 (9 versions)
  • every version up to 11.0.24-1: fixed in 11.0.24-1
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tomcat9—
  • every version up to 9.0.70-2: fixed in 9.0.70-2
—
Debian:12(2)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
tomcat1010.1.10-1 ... 10.1.9-1 (37 versions)
  • every version on: no fix on record
—
tomcat9—
  • every version up to 9.0.70-2: fixed in 9.0.70-2
—
Debian:11(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
tomcat99.0.43-1 ... 9.0.70-1 (28 versions)
  • every version up to 9.0.70-2: fixed in 9.0.70-2
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Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Additional Vendor Advisories

(1)

Vendors that published advisories for this CVE beyond the curated set above. Broader coverage but minimal per-row detail — click through for the original advisory.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 6× in last 7d / 34× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

Showing the most recent 100 of 225 total refreshes for this CVE.

  1. 2026-10-04 23:22 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-10-03 14:26 UTCEPSS rescore
  3. 2026-10-02 17:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-10-01 19:50 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-09-30 15:03 UTCEPSS rescore
  6. 2026-09-28 13:51 UTCEPSS rescore
  7. 2026-09-27 13:48 UTCEPSS rescore
  8. 2026-09-26 15:59 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-09-26 00:27 UTCEPSS rescore
  10. 2026-09-23 17:53 UTCEPSS rescore
  11. 2026-09-23 07:26 UTCEG score recompute
  12. 2026-09-23 07:26 UTCVendor advisory
  13. 2026-09-23 07:26 UTCGHSA enrichment
  14. 2026-09-18 19:28 UTCEPSS rescore
  15. 2026-09-18 06:55 UTCEG score recompute
  16. 2026-09-18 06:55 UTCVendor advisory
  17. 2026-09-18 06:55 UTCGHSA enrichment
  18. 2026-09-16 14:08 UTCEPSS rescore
  19. 2026-09-16 05:15 UTCEPSS rescore
  20. 2026-09-14 00:50 UTCEG score recompute
  21. 2026-09-14 00:50 UTCVendor advisory
  22. 2026-09-14 00:50 UTCGHSA enrichment
  23. 2026-09-13 16:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  24. 2026-09-12 15:13 UTCEG score recompute
  25. 2026-09-12 15:13 UTCVendor advisory
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  1. 2026-09-12 15:13 UTCGHSA enrichment
  2. 2026-09-11 14:53 UTCEPSS rescore
  3. 2026-09-10 09:35 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-09-08 22:01 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-09-07 16:01 UTCEPSS rescore
  6. 2026-09-06 14:39 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-09-06 14:39 UTCVendor advisory
  8. 2026-09-06 14:39 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-09-06 13:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  10. 2026-09-04 05:06 UTCEPSS rescore
  11. 2026-09-02 14:12 UTCEPSS rescore
  12. 2026-09-01 13:54 UTCEPSS rescore
  13. 2026-09-01 04:40 UTCEPSS rescore
  14. 2026-08-30 19:17 UTCEPSS rescore
  15. 2026-08-30 18:24 UTCEG score recompute
  16. 2026-08-30 18:24 UTCVendor advisory
  17. 2026-08-30 18:24 UTCGHSA enrichment
  18. 2026-08-30 01:22 UTCEPSS rescore
  19. 2026-08-28 21:41 UTCEPSS rescore
  20. 2026-08-27 22:45 UTCEG score recompute
  21. 2026-08-27 22:45 UTCVendor advisory
  22. 2026-08-27 22:45 UTCGHSA enrichment
  23. 2026-08-27 14:25 UTCEPSS rescore
  24. 2026-08-26 14:46 UTCEPSS rescore
  25. 2026-08-25 13:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  26. 2026-08-24 13:18 UTCEG score recompute
  27. 2026-08-24 13:18 UTCVendor advisory
  28. 2026-08-24 13:18 UTCGHSA enrichment
  29. 2026-08-23 12:11 UTCEG score recompute
  30. 2026-08-23 12:11 UTCVendor advisory
  31. 2026-08-23 12:11 UTCGHSA enrichment
  32. 2026-08-23 00:19 UTCEPSS rescore
  33. 2026-08-22 11:04 UTCEG score recompute
  34. 2026-08-22 11:04 UTCVendor advisory
  35. 2026-08-22 11:04 UTCGHSA enrichment
  36. 2026-08-21 23:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  37. 2026-08-21 09:56 UTCEG score recompute
  38. 2026-08-21 09:56 UTCVendor advisory
  39. 2026-08-21 09:56 UTCGHSA enrichment
  40. 2026-08-20 22:55 UTCEPSS rescore
  41. 2026-08-20 08:49 UTCEG score recompute
  42. 2026-08-20 08:49 UTCVendor advisory
  43. 2026-08-20 08:49 UTCGHSA enrichment
  44. 2026-08-19 17:04 UTCEPSS rescore
  45. 2026-08-19 07:41 UTCEG score recompute
  46. 2026-08-19 07:41 UTCVendor advisory
  47. 2026-08-19 07:41 UTCGHSA enrichment
  48. 2026-08-18 13:48 UTCEPSS rescore
  49. 2026-08-18 06:29 UTCEG score recompute
  50. 2026-08-18 06:29 UTCVendor advisory
  51. 2026-08-18 06:29 UTCGHSA enrichment
  52. 2026-08-17 13:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  53. 2026-08-16 21:39 UTCEG score recompute
  54. 2026-08-16 21:39 UTCVendor advisory
  55. 2026-08-16 21:39 UTCGHSA enrichment
  56. 2026-08-16 14:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  57. 2026-08-16 02:14 UTCEPSS rescore
  58. 2026-08-15 20:31 UTCEG score recompute
  59. 2026-08-15 20:31 UTCVendor advisory
  60. 2026-08-15 20:31 UTCGHSA enrichment
  61. 2026-08-15 01:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  62. 2026-08-14 19:24 UTCEG score recompute
  63. 2026-08-14 19:24 UTCVendor advisory
  64. 2026-08-14 19:24 UTCGHSA enrichment
  65. 2026-08-13 22:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  66. 2026-08-13 18:16 UTCVendor advisory
  67. 2026-08-13 18:16 UTCGHSA enrichment
  68. 2026-08-12 16:08 UTCEG score recompute
  69. 2026-08-12 16:08 UTCVendor advisory
  70. 2026-08-12 16:08 UTCGHSA enrichment
  71. 2026-08-12 13:51 UTCEPSS rescore
  72. 2026-08-11 14:54 UTCEG score recompute
  73. 2026-08-11 14:54 UTCVendor advisory
  74. 2026-08-11 14:54 UTCGHSA enrichment
  75. 2026-08-11 00:00 UTCEPSS rescore

Publicly available exploits

(1 reference)

Working exploit code is in the public domain. Defenders should treat patch urgency accordingly — public PoCs typically lead to mass-exploitation within 24-72 hours.

  • Nucleihttp/cves/2026/CVE-2026-50229.yaml
    First seen Jan 1, 2026

    Apache Tomcat - Cross-Site Scripting

    Open source ↗

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-50229?
CVE-2026-50229 is a medium vulnerability published on June 29, 2026. Improper Neutralization of Script-Related HTML Tags in a Web Page (Basic XSS) vulnerability in the number guess example for Apache Tomcat. This issue affects Apache Tomcat: from 11.0.0-M1 through 11.0.22, from 10.1.0-M1 through 10.1.55, from 9.0.0.M1 through 9.0.118, from 8.5.0 through 8.5.100,…
When was CVE-2026-50229 disclosed?
CVE-2026-50229 was first published on June 29, 2026, with the most recent update on July 2, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-50229 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-50229 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 4.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (90th percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs).
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-50229?
CVE-2026-50229 has a CVSS v3.1 base score of 6.1 (CISA-ADP / Vulnrichment enrichment; NVD's own analysis pending).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-50229?
A fix for CVE-2026-50229 is available: update to the fixed version the vendor names in its advisory. The vendor advisories EchelonGraph has for CVE-2026-50229 are linked in the Vendor Advisories panel on this page.

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