Not Failing Securely ('Failing Open') Affecting org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-catalina package, versions [9.0.92,9.0.123)[10.1.22,10.1.61)[11.0.0-M14,11.0.27)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.23% (14th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JAVA-ORGAPACHETOMCAT-21707530
  • published25 Oct 2026
  • disclosed20 Oct 2026
  • credit0xCc.zhang

Introduced: 20 Oct 2026

NewCVE-2026-74048  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-636  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-catalina to version 9.0.123, 10.1.61, 11.0.27 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 Not Failing Securely ('Failing Open') due to the OpenSSLLifecycleListener process. An attacker can cause the application to operate in a less secure mode by triggering a failure in FIPS activation, resulting in the system continuing to run with JSSE in non-FIPS mode without proper enforcement of FIPS requirements.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1