Description
CLIENT_CERT authentication does not fail as expected for some scenarios when soft fail is disabled and FFM is used in Apache Tomcat. This issue affects Apache Tomcat: from 11.0.0-M14 through 11.0.20, from 10.1.22 through 10.1.53, from 9.0.92 through 9.0.116. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 11.0.21, 10.1.54 or 9.0.117, which fixes the issue.
Problem types
CLIENT_CERT authentication does not fail as expected for some scenarios when soft fail is disabled
Product status
11.0.0-M14 (semver)
10.1.22 (semver)
9.0.92 (semver)
Credits
Haruki Oyama (Waseda University)
References
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/04/09/29
lists.apache.org/thread/7rcl4zdxryc8hy3htyfyxkbqpxjtfdl2