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high 7.3

CVE-2026-75973 json

Apache Tomcat: Cross-context authentication mix-up with Jakarta Authentication configured

published 2026-09-23 46 d ago modified 2026-10-01 38 d ago also BIT-tomcat-2026-75973 , EUVD-2026-85224

cvss
7.3
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.5%
EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 44%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Improper Authentication vulnerability in Apache Tomcat. When Jakarta Authentication was configured with SimpleAuthConfigProvider as the default provider and multiple web application used that provider, the realm for the first web application to authenticate a request would be used for all web applications.

This issue affects Apache Tomcat: from 11.0.0-M1 through 11.0.25, from 10.1.0-M1 through 10.1.59, from 9.0.0.M4 through 9.0.121.

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. Other unsupported versions may also be affected.

Users are recommended to upgrade to version 11.0.26, 10.1.60, 9.0.122, which fixes the issue.

Patch / fix

  • bitnami tomcat 9.0.45, 9.0.122, 10.1.60, 11.0.26
  • tomcat9 Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 9.0.70-2
  • tomcat10 Debian 14 10.1.60-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2026-75973

  • tomcat10 hummingbird 1 10.1.60-0.1.hum1
  • tomcat10-lib hummingbird 1 10.1.60-0.1.hum1
  • tomcat10-common hummingbird 1 10.1.60-0.1.hum1
  • tomcat10-webapps hummingbird 1 10.1.60-0.1.hum1
  • tomcat10-el-5.0-api hummingbird 1 10.1.60-0.1.hum1
  • tomcat10-docs-webapp hummingbird 1 10.1.60-0.1.hum1
  • tomcat10-jsp-3.1-api hummingbird 1 10.1.60-0.1.hum1
  • tomcat10-admin-webapps hummingbird 1 10.1.60-0.1.hum1

red hat advisories RHSA-2026:68257RHSA-2026:68258

  • tomcat10 SLES for SAP 15 SP6, SLES for SAP 15 SP5, SLES 15 SP6-LTSS +4 more 10.1.60-150200.5.82.2
  • tomcat SLES for SAP 15 SP6, SLES for SAP 15 SP5, SLES for SAP 15 SP4 +8 more 9.0.122-150200.123.2
  • libtcnative-1-0 SLES for SAP 15 SP5, SLES for SAP 15 SP4, SLES 15 SP5-LTSS +5 more 1.3.9-150200.6.11.2
  • tomcat11 SLES for SAP 15 SP6, SLES 15 SP6-LTSS, SLE Module for Web and Scripting 15 SP7 11.0.26-150600.13.36.2
  • libtcnative-1-0 SLES for SAP 15 SP6, SLES 15 SP6-LTSS, SLE Module for Web and Scripting 15 SP7 +1 more 1.3.9-150600.16.9.2
  • tomcat11 SLES for SAP applications 16.0, SLES 16.0 11.0.26-160000.1.1
  • tomcat SLES for SAP applications 16.0, SLES 16.0 9.0.122-160000.1.1
  • tomcat10 SLES for SAP applications 16.0, SLES 16.0 10.1.60-160000.1.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2026:4927-1SUSE-SU-2026:4546-1SUSE-SU-2026:4544-1SUSE-SU-2026:23985-1

  • tomcat11 openSUSE Leap 16.0 11.0.26-160000.1.1
  • tomcat openSUSE Leap 16.0 9.0.122-160000.1.1
  • tomcat10 openSUSE Leap 16.0 10.1.60-160000.1.1
  • libtcnative-1-0 openSUSE Leap 16.0 1.3.9-160000.1.1
  • libtcnative-2-0 openSUSE Leap 16.0 2.0.16-160000.1.1
  • tomcat openSUSE Tumbleweed 9.0.122-1.1
  • tomcat10 openSUSE Tumbleweed 10.1.60-1.1
  • tomcat11 openSUSE Tumbleweed 11.0.26-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2026:21984-1openSUSE-SU-2026:11906-1openSUSE-SU-2026:11907-1openSUSE-SU-2026:11908-1

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-2026-75973 updated

tomcat: Apache Tomcat: Cross-context authentication mix-up via Jakarta Authentication misconfiguration

  • 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
    affected: no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 tomcat, tomcat-lib, tomcat-webapps, tomcat-el-3.0-api, pki-servlet-engine, tomcat-docs-webapp, +4 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 tomcat, tomcat-lib, tomcat-webapps, tomcat-el-3.0-api, pki-servlet-engine, tomcat-docs-webapp, +4 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 tomcat, tomcat9 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
    affected: no fix available “Fix deferred”
  • 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: no fix available
  • Red Hat Hardened Images tomcat10 10.1.60-0.1.hum1, tomcat11 11.0.26-0.1.hum1, tomcat10-lib 10.1.60-0.1.hum1, tomcat11-lib 11.0.26-0.1.hum1, tomcat10-common 10.1.60-0.1.hum1, tomcat11-common 11.0.26-0.1.hum1, +14 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:68257
  • Red Hat Hardened Images hi/tomcat
    not affected: component not present

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
46 d ago

Exploit prediction

0.52% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 44% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CISA ADP 3.1 7.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
CNA 3.1 7.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
OSV 3.1 7.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
bitnami tomcat
>=8.5.0, <9.0.45
>=10.1.0, <10.1.60
>=11.0.0, <11.0.26
>=9.0.0, <9.0.122
9.0.45
10.1.60
11.0.26
9.0.122

Affected products

  • Apache Software Foundation Apache Tomcat

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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