Apache Tomcat: Cross-context authentication mix-up with Jakarta Authentication configured
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 through 11.0.25, from 10.1.0 through 10.1.59, from 9.0.0 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.
BIT-tomcat-2026-75973
Primary source · Revision 1
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Security context
Source reference: osv:BIT-tomcat-2026-75973
tomcat
Source reference: /affected/0/package/name
- Affected versions
- Not stated in this record
- Fixed versions
- 9.0.45
Source reference:
/affected/0/ranges10.1.60Source reference:
/affected/0/ranges11.0.26Source reference:
/affected/0/ranges9.0.122Source reference:
/affected/0/ranges - Prerequisites
- Not stated in this record
Structured affected-version data
Original package identities and version rules from this source.
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{
"ranges": [
{
"type": "SEMVER",
"events": [
{
"introduced": "8.5.0"
},
{
"fixed": "9.0.45"
},
{
"introduced": "10.1.0"
},
{
"fixed": "10.1.60"
},
{
"introduced": "11.0.0"
},
{
"fixed": "11.0.26"
},
{
"introduced": "9.0.0"
},
{
"fixed": "9.0.122"
}
]
}
],
"package": {
"name": "tomcat",
"purl": "pkg:bitnami/tomcat",
"ecosystem": "Bitnami"
},
"severity": [
{
"type": "CVSS_V3",
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L"
}
],
"database_specific": {
"source": "https://github.com/bitnami/vulndb/tree/main/data/tomcat/BIT-tomcat-2026-75973.json"
}
}
]- Related CVEs
- CVE-2026-75973
Source reference:
/aliases
Publisher severity
high
Source reference: /database_specific/severity
- Event
- #59548 · Revision 1
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- Publisher date