Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Affecting jws6-tomcat package, versions <0:10.1.49-16.redhat_00016.1.el8jws


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.4% (32nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-JWS6TOMCAT-20468356
  • published4 Oct 2026
  • disclosed25 Aug 2026

Introduced: 25 Aug 2026

CVE-2026-65183  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-367  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:8 jws6-tomcat to version 0:10.1.49-16.redhat_00016.1.el8jws or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2026:73981.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream jws6-tomcat package and not the jws6-tomcat package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition vulnerability in Apache Tomcat when creating unix domain sockets allows an unauthorised local user to access the unix domain socket.

This issue affects Apache Tomcat: from 11.0.0-M1 through 11.0.24, from 10.1.0-M1 through 10.1.57, from 9.0.42 through 9.0.120.

Users are recommended to upgrade to version 11.0.25, 10.1.58, 9.0.121, which fixes the issue.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1