Improper Authentication Affecting org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-coyote package, versions [10.1.0-M7,10.1.26)[11.0.0-M1,11.0.0-M24)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (12th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JAVA-ORGAPACHETOMCAT-15989810
  • published12 Apr 2026
  • disclosed8 Apr 2026
  • creditgregk4sec

Introduced: 8 Apr 2026

CVE-2026-29145  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-287  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-coyote to version 10.1.26, 11.0.0-M24 or higher.

Overview

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

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Authentication in processOCSPRequest(), which is part of the the CLIENT_CERT authentication process. An attacker can trigger a soft-fail of OCSP checks when soft-fail is disabled.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1