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CVE-2026-68569

Apache Tomcat: Principal lookup can fail open in some cases PUBLISHED

Description (CNA)

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.

Affected (CNA)

Vendor / productVersions
Apache Software Foundation / Apache Tomcataffected 11.0.0-M1 through 11.0.24; affected 10.1.0-M1 through 10.1.57; affected 9.0.0.M1 through 9.0.120; affected 8.5.0 through 8.5.100; affected 7.0.0 through 7.0.109; unknown 0 before 7.0.0

CWE

CWE-287

References

ADP enrichment

CVE

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CISA-ADP

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