CVE-2026-29145
Vulnerability Summary
Timeline
Description
CLIENT_CERT authentication does not fail as expected for some scenarios when soft fail is disabled vulnerability in Apache Tomcat, Apache Tomcat Native. This issue affects Apache Tomcat: from 11.0.0-M1 through 11.0.18, from 10.1.0-M7 through 10.1.52, from 9.0.83 through 9.0.115; Apache Tomcat Native: from 1.1.23 through 1.1.34, from 1.2.0 through 1.2.39, from 1.3.0 through 1.3.6, from 2.0.0 through 2.0.13. Users are recommended to upgrade to version Tomcat Native 1.3.7 or 2.0.14 and Tomcat 11.0.20, 10.1.53 and 9.0.116, which fix the issue.
CVSS Metrics
- v3.1•CRITICAL•Score: 9.1CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
EPSS Trends
Current EPSS score: 0.71%• Percentile: 51%
Techniques & Countermeasures
- CWE-287•Improper Authentication
When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct.
Affected Systems
- apache software foundation•apache tomcat
≥ 11.0.0-M1, ≤ 11.0.18 | ≥ 10.1.0-M7, ≤ 10.1.52 | ≥ 9.0.83, ≤ 9.0.115
- apache software foundation•apache tomcat native
≥ 1.1.23, ≤ 1.1.34 | ≥ 1.2.0, ≤ 1.2.39 | ≥ 1.3.0, ≤ 1.3.6 | ≥ 2.0.0, ≤ 2.0.13
- apache•tomcat
≥ 9.0.83, < 9.0.116 | ≥ 10.1.1, < 10.1.53 | ≥ 11.0.0, < 11.0.20 | 10.1.0 | 10.1.0:milestone10 | 10.1.0:milestone11 | 10.1.0:milestone12 | 10.1.0:milestone13 | 10.1.0:milestone14 | 10.1.0:milestone15 | 10.1.0:milestone16 | 10.1.0:milestone17 | 10.1.0:milestone18 | 10.1.0:milestone19 | 10.1.0:milestone20 | 10.1.0:milestone7 | 10.1.0:milestone8 | 10.1.0:milestone9
- apache•tomcat_native
≥ 1.1.23, < 1.3.7 | ≥ 2.0.0, < 2.0.14
- debian•tomcat10
< 10.1.55-1~deb12u1 | < 10.1.55-1~deb13u1 | < 10.1.54-1
- debian•tomcat11
< 11.0.22-1~deb13u1 | < 11.0.21-1
- debian•tomcat9
< 9.0.118-0+deb11u1 | < 9.0.70-2 | < 9.0.70-2 | < 9.0.70-2
- ubuntu•tomcat10
all | all | all
- ubuntu•tomcat11
all | all
- ubuntu•tomcat9
all | all
- org.apache.tomcat•tomcat
≥ 9.0.83, < 9.0.116 | ≥ 10.1.0-M7, < 10.1.53 | ≥ 11.0.0-M1, < 11.0.20
- org.apache.tomcat•tomcat-catalina
≥ 9.0.83, < 9.0.116 | ≥ 10.1.0-M7, < 10.1.53 | ≥ 11.0.0-M1, < 11.0.20
- org.apache.tomcat•tomcat-coyote-ffm
≥ 9.0.83, < 9.0.116 | ≥ 10.1.0-M7, < 10.1.53 | ≥ 11.0.0-M1, < 11.0.20
- org.apache.tomcat.embed•tomcat-embed-core
≥ 9.0.83, < 9.0.116 | ≥ 10.1.0-M7, < 10.1.53 | ≥ 11.0.0-M1, < 11.0.20
References (13)
- https://lists.apache.org/thread/yz5fxmhd2j43wgqykssdo7kltws57jfz
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/04/09/23
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-29145
- https://github.com/apache/tomcat
- https://github.com/apache/tomcat/commit/721591f7bff424c693f26adc18ae9b9abac3655b
- https://github.com/apache/tomcat/commit/d1406df5ae0326f39f54c3f64ac30d8fca55cd5b
- https://github.com/apache/tomcat/commit/fe26667cd2385045ac73f4dea086cc9971209b90
- https://tomcat.apache.org/security-10.html#Fixed_in_Apache_Tomcat_10.1.53
- https://tomcat.apache.org/security-11.html#Fixed_in_Apache_Tomcat_11.0.20
- https://tomcat.apache.org/security-9.html#Fixed_in_Apache_Tomcat_9.0.116
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-29145
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-29145
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-29145