Authentication Bypass by Primary Weakness Affecting org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-catalina package, versions [9.0.0.M1, 9.0.121)[10.1.0-M1, 10.1.59)[11.0.0-M1, 11.0.25)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.53% (43rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JAVA-ORGAPACHETOMCAT-19342356
  • published27 Aug 2026
  • disclosed26 Aug 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 26 Aug 2026

NewCVE-2026-68569  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-305  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-catalina to version 9.0.121, 10.1.59, 11.0.25 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 Authentication Bypass by Primary Weakness in the authentication process when using certain authentication mechanisms such as CLIENT-CERT or SPNEGO. An attacker can gain unauthorized access by authenticating with credentials that do not correspond to a valid user in the DataSourceRealm.

Note: This issue was fixed in Apache Tomcat 10.1.58 but the release vote for the 10.1.58 release candidate did not pass. Therefore, although users must download 10.1.59 to obtain a version that includes a fix for this issue, version 10.1.58 is not included in the list of affected versions.

CVSS Base Scores

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