Incomplete Cleanup Affecting tomcat11-servlet-6.1-api package, versions <0:11.0.26-0.1.hum1


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.26% (16th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL10-TOMCAT11SERVLET61API-20235397
  • published29 Sept 2026
  • disclosed23 Sept 2026

Introduced: 23 Sep 2026

NewCVE-2026-78437  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-459  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:10 tomcat11-servlet-6.1-api to version 0:11.0.26-0.1.hum1 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2026:68258.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream tomcat11-servlet-6.1-api package and not the tomcat11-servlet-6.1-api package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:10 relevant fixed versions and status.

Incomplete cleanup vulnerability in Apache Tomcat allows a malformed request to potentially (depends on timing) cause one request from another user to fail.

This issue affects Apache Tomcat: from 11.0.19 through 11.0.25, from 10.1.53 through 10.1.59, from 9.0.116 through 9.0.121.

Users are recommended to upgrade to version 11.0.26, 10.1.60 or 9.0.122, which fix the issue.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1