CVEvulnerability
CVE-2026-42498
7.3 HIGH
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- Status
- Analyzed
- Published
- 2026-05-12
- Last modified
- 2026-10-26
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)
- 7.3 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
- Weaknesses
- CWE-200
Description
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.
Affected configurations
• apache tomcat (>= 7.0.0 <= 7.0.109)
• apache tomcat (>= 8.5.0 <= 8.5.100)
• apache tomcat (>= 9.0.0 < 9.0.118)
• apache tomcat (>= 10.1.0 < 10.1.55)
• apache tomcat (>= 11.0.0 < 11.0.22)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor weakness
References
- https://lists.apache.org/thread/n61zwf75jrv09rz90j4jssncm244bwdb Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/12/14 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory