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GHSA-24j9-x2wg-9qv6 Apache Tomcat: CLIENT_CERT authentication does not fail as expected

MEDIUM Published 2026-04-09 Modified 2026-05-20 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2026-34500
Ecosystem
Maven
Packages
org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-coyote-ffm
Severity
Moderate
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-287
Reviewed
2026-04-10

Affected packages

• Maven org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-coyote-ffm: >= 9.0.92, < 9.0.117 → fixed in 9.0.117 • Maven org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-coyote-ffm: >= 10.1.22, < 10.1.54 → fixed in 10.1.54 • Maven org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-coyote-ffm: >= 11.0.0-M14, < 11.0.21 → fixed in 11.0.21

Description

CLIENT_CERT authentication does not fail as expected for some scenarios when soft fail is disabled and FFM is used in Apache Tomcat. This issue affects Apache Tomcat: from 11.0.0-M14 through 11.0.20, from 10.1.22 through 10.1.53, from 9.0.92 through 9.0.116. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 11.0.21, 10.1.54 or 9.0.117, which fixes the issue.

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

  • CVE-2026-34500 CLIENT_CERT authentication does not fail as expected for some scenarios when soft fail is disabled and FFM is used in Apache Tomcat. vulnerability

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-287 Improper Authentication weakness

References