Improper Authentication Affecting org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-catalina package, versions [9.0.13,9.0.119)[10.1.0-M1,10.1.56)[11.0.0-M1,11.0.23)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.47% (38th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JAVA-ORGAPACHETOMCAT-17732891
  • published30 Jun 2026
  • disclosed29 Jun 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 29 Jun 2026

CVE-2026-55955  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-287  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-catalina to version 9.0.119, 10.1.56, 11.0.23 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 Authentication in the EncryptionInterceptor process of the cluster component. An attacker can gain unauthorized access or perform unauthorized actions by replaying previously captured authentication data.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1