Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output Affecting org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-catalina package, versions [,9.0.117)[10.1.0-M1,10.1.54)[11.0.0-M1,11.0.21)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.46% (37th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JAVA-ORGAPACHETOMCAT-15989811
  • published12 Apr 2026
  • disclosed8 Apr 2026
  • creditBartlomiej Dmitruk

Introduced: 8 Apr 2026

CVE-2026-34483  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-116  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-catalina to version 9.0.117, 10.1.54, 11.0.21 or higher.

Overview

org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-catalina is a Tomcat Servlet Engine Core Classes and Standard implementations.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output in JsonAccessLogValve(), which relies on an unescaped append() in generating JSON logs. If non-default values are used for the Connector attributes relaxedPathChars or relaxedQueryChars, an attacker can inject malicious JSON into logs.

CVSS Base Scores

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version 3.1