Information Exposure Affecting tomcat-admin-webapps package, versions <1:9.0.120-2.el9_8


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Rocky Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.65% (49th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ROCKY9-TOMCATADMINWEBAPPS-19958350
  • published20 Sept 2026
  • disclosed12 May 2026

Introduced: 12 May 2026

CVE-2026-42498  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Rocky-Linux:9 tomcat-admin-webapps to version 1:9.0.120-2.el9_8 or higher.
This issue was patched in RLSA-2026:68660.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream tomcat-admin-webapps package and not the tomcat-admin-webapps package as distributed by Rocky-Linux. See How to fix? for Rocky-Linux:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

Exposure of HTTP Authentication Header to unexpected hosts during WebSocket authentication vulnerability in Apache Tomcat.

This issue affects Apache Tomcat: from 11.0.0-M1 through 11.0.21, from 10.1.0-M1 through 10.1.54, from 9.0.2 through 9.0.117, from 8.5.24 through 8.5.100, from 7.0.83 through 7.0.109.

Users are recommended to upgrade to version 11.0.22, 10.1.55 or 9.0.118, which fix the issue.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1