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Apache Tomcat EUVDEUVD-2026-29515

| CVE-2026-42498 HIGH
Information Exposure (CWE-200)
2026-05-12 apache GHSA-fv25-8xcx-gqjc
Information Disclosure Apache Tomcat Apache Tomcat Red Hat
7.3
CVSS 3.1 · NVD
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Severity by source

NVD PRIMARY
7.3 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
SUSE
HIGH
qualitative
Red Hat
6.5 MEDIUM
qualitative

Primary rating from NVD.

CVSS VectorNVD

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
Low

Lifecycle Timeline

4
Analysis Generated
Jun 08, 2026 - 09:07 vuln.today
CVSS changed
May 13, 2026 - 16:22 NVD
7.3 (HIGH)
CVE Published
May 12, 2026 - 15:17 nvd
UNKNOWN (no severity yet)
CVE Published
May 12, 2026 - 15:17 nvd
HIGH 7.3

Blast Radius

ecosystem impact
† from your stack dependencies † transitive graph · vuln.today resolves 4-path depth
  • 2 maven packages depend on org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core (2 direct, 0 indirect)
  • 2 maven packages depend on org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-catalina (2 direct, 0 indirect)

Ecosystem-wide dependent count for version 10.1.0-M1 and other introduced versions.

DescriptionCVE.org

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.

AnalysisAI

Information disclosure in Apache Tomcat versions 7.0.83 through 11.0.21 exposes HTTP authentication headers to unintended hosts during WebSocket authentication handshakes, enabling credential leakage to third-party endpoints. The flaw carries a CVSS 7.3 score with partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact, and no public exploit identified at time of analysis. EPSS probability is very low (0.03%) but SSVC marks the issue as automatable, indicating that scripted exploitation is feasible if attacker positioning is achieved.

Technical ContextAI

Apache Tomcat is the reference Java Servlet, JSP, and WebSocket container maintained by the Apache Software Foundation, and it implements RFC 6455 WebSocket upgrades on top of standard HTTP. The vulnerability falls under CWE-200 (Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor): during the WebSocket client authentication flow, Tomcat fails to scope HTTP Authorization headers to the originally intended host, so when the WebSocket client follows redirects or connects across hosts the credentials in the Authorization header are propagated to hosts other than the one for which they were issued. The CPE cpe:2.3:a:apache_software_foundation:apache_tomcat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* covers the affected product line spanning the 7.0.x, 8.5.x, 9.0.x, 10.1.x, and 11.0.x branches.

RemediationAI

Vendor-released patches are available: upgrade to Apache Tomcat 11.0.22, 10.1.55, or 9.0.118 on the supported branches, as documented in the Apache advisory at https://lists.apache.org/thread/n61zwf75jrv09rz90j4jssncm244bwdb and mirrored at http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/12/14. Operators still on the end-of-life 8.5.x and 7.0.x branches should migrate to a supported branch, since the advisory does not list fix versions for those lines. As a compensating control until patching, avoid using the Tomcat WebSocket client to connect to URLs that may redirect across hosts, strip or do not set the Authorization header on outbound WebSocket connections to untrusted endpoints, and use egress firewalling to constrain which hosts Tomcat-driven WebSocket clients can reach, accepting that this may break legitimate integrations that rely on cross-host upgrades.

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Vendor StatusVendor

SUSE

Severity: High
Product Status
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SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP7 Fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP7 Fixed
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