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Description

Exposure of HTTP Authentication Header to unexpected hosts during WebSocket authentication vulnerability in Apache Tomcat. This issue affects Apache Tomcat: from 11.0.0-M1 through 11.0.21, from 10.1.0-M1 through 10.1.54, from 9.0.2 through 9.0.117, from 8.5.24 through 8.5.100, from 7.0.83 through 7.0.109. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 11.0.22, 10.1.55 or 9.0.118, which fix the issue.

PUBLISHED Reserved 2026-04-27 | Published 2026-05-12 | Updated 2026-05-13 | Assigner apache

Problem types

CWE-200 Exposure of HTTP Authentication Header to unexpected hosts

Product status

Default status
unaffected

11.0.0-M1 (semver)
affected

10.1.0-M1 (semver)
affected

9.0.2 (semver)
affected

8.5.24 (semver)
affected

7.0.83 (semver)
affected

Credits

lokerxx finder

References

www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/12/14

lists.apache.org/thread/n61zwf75jrv09rz90j4jssncm244bwdb vendor-advisory

cve.org (CVE-2026-42498)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2026-42498)

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