Improper Authorization Affecting org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-coyote package, versions [,9.0.113)[10.1.0-M1,10.1.50)[11.0.0-M1,11.0.15)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.49% (39th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JAVA-ORGAPACHETOMCAT-15307824
  • published18 Feb 2026
  • disclosed16 Feb 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 16 Feb 2026

CVE-2026-24733  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-285  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-coyote to version 9.0.113, 10.1.50, 11.0.15 or higher.

Overview

org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-coyote is a Tomcat Connectors and HTTP parser.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Authorization in prepareRequestProtocol(), which accepts HTTP/0.9 requests other than GET. A security constraint configured to allow HEAD requests to a URI but deny GET requests allows a user to bypass the constraint by sending an invalid HEAD request.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1