Improper Authentication Affecting tomcat-servlet-4_0-api package, versions <9.0.121-150200.120.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.6% (47th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES155-TOMCATSERVLET40API-19883415
  • published17 Sept 2026
  • disclosed16 Sept 2026

Introduced: 16 Sep 2026

NewCVE-2026-68569  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-287  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.5 tomcat-servlet-4_0-api to version 9.0.121-150200.120.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream tomcat-servlet-4_0-api package and not the tomcat-servlet-4_0-api package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.5 relevant fixed versions and status.

Improper Authentication vulnerability in Apache Tomcat meant that in some circumstances (e.g. CLIENT-CERT, SPNEGO) that a user would be authenticated even if the user did not exist in the DataSourceRealm.

This issue affects Apache Tomcat: from 11.0.0-M1 through 11.0.24, from 10.1.0-M1 through 10.1.57, from 9.0.0.M1 through 9.0.120.

The following versions were EOL at the time the CVE was created but are known to be affected: from 8.5.0 through 8.5.100, from 7.0.0 through 7.0.109. Other unsupported versions may also be affected.

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

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1