cve-2026-75973
HIGH CVSS 7.3 cvelistv5Improper 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.
- Published
- 2026-09-23 11:14 UTC
- Last Modified
- 2026-09-23
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Attack Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges Required
- NONE
- Apache Software Foundation Apache Tomcat
- Exploitation
none- Automatable
yes- Technical Impact
partial- Decision timestamp
2026-09-23T15:28:51.510257Z
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- https://lists.apache.org/thread/njjcdkkzqyzx4n3ffc4ffjmyh5mpl1gr vendor-advisory
No linked vulnerabilities found.
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