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Fencer Vulns
medium 6.5

CVE-2026-74048 json

Apache Tomcat: OpenSSL-FFM FIPS failure does not prevent start-up

published 2026-10-20 20 d ago modified 2026-10-30 10 d ago also BIT-tomcat-2026-74048 , EUVD-2026-105004

cvss
6.5
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.4%
EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 39%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Not Failing Securely ('Failing Open') vulnerability in Apache Tomcat. If the OpenSSLLifecycleListener is configured to use FIPS mode but FIPS activation fails, Tomcat logs and error but continues to use JSSE in non-FIPS mode with the provided configuration.

This issue affects Apache Tomcat: from 11.0.0-M14 through 11.0.26, from 10.1.22 through 10.1.60, from 9.0.92 through 9.0.122.

Users are recommended to upgrade to version 11.0.27, 10.1.61 or 9.0.123, which fix the issue.

Patch / fix

  • bitnami tomcat 9.0.123, 10.1.61, 11.0.27
  • tomcat9 Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 9.0.70-2

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2026-74048

  • tomcat SLES for SAP 15 SP6, SLES for SAP 15 SP5, SLES for SAP 15 SP4 +8 more 9.0.123-150200.126.1
  • tomcat10 SLES for SAP 15 SP6, SLES for SAP 15 SP5, SLES 15 SP6-LTSS +4 more 10.1.61-150200.5.85.1
  • tomcat SLES LTSS Extended Security 12 SP5, SLES 12 SP5-LTSS 9.0.123-3.182.2
  • libapr1 SLES LTSS Extended Security 12 SP5, SLES 12 SP5-LTSS 1.6.5-4.13.1
  • libtcnative-1-0 SLES LTSS Extended Security 12 SP5, SLES 12 SP5-LTSS 1.3.9-3.9.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2026:5116-1SUSE-SU-2026:5073-1SUSE-SU-2026:4927-1

  • tomcat openSUSE Tumbleweed 9.0.123-1.1
  • tomcat10 openSUSE Tumbleweed 10.1.61-1.1
  • tomcat11 openSUSE Tumbleweed 11.0.27-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2026:12254-1openSUSE-SU-2026:12255-1openSUSE-SU-2026:12256-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2026-74048 updated cvss 3.7

tomcat: Tomcat: Cryptographic policy bypass via FIPS activation failure

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 tomcat, tomcat-lib, tomcat-webapps, tomcat-el-3.0-api, tomcat-docs-webapp, tomcat-jsp-2.3-api, +2 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 tomcat, tomcat-lib, tomcat-webapps, tomcat-el-3.0-api, tomcat-docs-webapp, tomcat-jsp-2.3-api, +2 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 tomcat, tomcat9 Red Hat JBoss Web Server 6 jws6-tomcat, jws6-tomcat-lib, jws6-tomcat-javadoc, jws6-tomcat-selinux, jws6-tomcat-webapps, jws6-tomcat-el-5.0-api, +4 more Red Hat JBoss Web Server 7 jws7-tomcat
    affected: workaround, no fix available “Fix deferred”
  • Red Hat Hardened Images tomcat10 10.1.61-0.1.hum1, tomcat11 11.0.27-0.1.hum1, tomcat10-lib 10.1.61-0.1.hum1, tomcat11-lib 11.0.27-0.1.hum1, tomcat10-common 10.1.61-0.1.hum1, tomcat11-common 11.0.27-0.1.hum1, +14 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:85926
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 tomcat6, tomcat6-lib, tomcat6-log4j, tomcat6-javadoc, tomcat6-webapps, tomcat6-el-2.1-api, +4 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 tomcat, tomcat-lib, tomcat-jsvc, tomcat-javadoc, tomcat-webapps, tomcat-el-2.2-api, +4 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 pki-servlet-engine, pki-servlet-4.0-api Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 pki-servlet-engine, pki-servlet-4.0-api Red Hat Hardened Images hi/tomcat Red Hat JBoss Web Server 5 jws5-tomcat, jws5-tomcat-lib, jws5-tomcat-jsvc, jws5-tomcat-javadoc, jws5-tomcat-selinux, jws5-tomcat-webapps, +7 more
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
11 d ago

Exploit prediction

0.45% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 39% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CISA ADP 3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CNA 3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
OSV 3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
bitnami tomcat
>=9.0.92, <9.0.123
>=10.1.22, <10.1.61
>=11.0.0, <11.0.27
9.0.123
10.1.61
11.0.27

Affected products

  • Apache Software Foundation Apache Tomcat

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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