GitHub Advisoryadvisory · Maven
GHSA-95jq-rwvf-vjx4 Apache Tomcat: CLIENT_CERT authentication does not fail as expected
CRITICAL
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- Aliases
- CVE-2026-29145
- Ecosystem
- Maven
- Packages
- org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-coyote-ffm, org.apache.tomcat:tomcat
- Severity
- Critical
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-287
- Reviewed
- 2026-04-10
Affected packages
• Maven org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-coyote-ffm: >= 9.0.83, < 9.0.116 → fixed in 9.0.116
• Maven org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-coyote-ffm: >= 10.1.0-M7, < 10.1.53 → fixed in 10.1.53
• Maven org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-coyote-ffm: >= 11.0.0-M1, < 11.0.20 → fixed in 11.0.20
• Maven org.apache.tomcat:tomcat: >= 9.0.83, < 9.0.116 → fixed in 9.0.116
• Maven org.apache.tomcat:tomcat: >= 10.1.0-M7, < 10.1.53 → fixed in 10.1.53
• Maven org.apache.tomcat:tomcat: >= 11.0.0-M1, < 11.0.20 → fixed in 11.0.20
Description
CLIENT_CERT authentication does not fail as expected for some scenarios when soft fail is disabled vulnerability in Apache Tomcat, Apache Tomcat Native.
This issue affects Apache Tomcat: from 11.0.0-M1 through 11.0.18, from 10.1.0-M7 through 10.1.52, from 9.0.83 through 9.0.115; Apache Tomcat Native: from 1.1.23 through 1.1.34, from 1.2.0 through 1.2.39, from 1.3.0 through 1.3.6, from 2.0.0 through 2.0.13.
Users are recommended to upgrade to version Tomcat Native 1.3.7 or 2.0.14 and Tomcat 11.0.20, 10.1.53 and 9.0.116, which fix the issue.
Related
Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2026-29145 CLIENT_CERT authentication does not fail as expected for some scenarios when soft fail is disabled vulnerability in Apache Tomcat, Apache… vulnerability
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-287 Improper Authentication weakness
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-29145 advisory
- https://github.com/apache/tomcat/commit/721591f7bff424c693f26adc18ae9b9abac3655b web
- https://github.com/apache/tomcat/commit/d1406df5ae0326f39f54c3f64ac30d8fca55cd5b web
- https://github.com/apache/tomcat/commit/fe26667cd2385045ac73f4dea086cc9971209b90 web
- https://github.com/apache/tomcat package
- https://lists.apache.org/thread/yz5fxmhd2j43wgqykssdo7kltws57jfz web
- https://tomcat.apache.org/security-10.html#Fixed_in_Apache_Tomcat_10.1.53 web
- https://tomcat.apache.org/security-11.html#Fixed_in_Apache_Tomcat_11.0.20 web
- https://tomcat.apache.org/security-9.html#Fixed_in_Apache_Tomcat_9.0.116 web
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/04/09/23 web