CVE-2026-68569High· 8.1▾ TwilightImproper 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 Tom…
▾ Twilight zone — High severity, or a signal on a lesser flaw
impact 44.6 · likelihood 0.1 · exploitation 0
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Disclosed via NVD
Last analysed / modified upstream
0.5%
0.5% → 0.6%
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.
tomcat >= 7.0.0, <= 7.0.109tomcat >= 8.5.0, < 9.0.121tomcat >= 10.1.0, < 10.1.58tomcat >= 11.0.0, < 11.0.25Upgrade past the affected range:
tomcat 11.0.25Connected by shared product, vendor, weakness, or advisory.
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