7.3

CVE-2026-75973: apache software foundation apache tomcat Improper Authentication

CVSS: 7.3v3.1HighAwaiting analysis
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2026-75973DEBIAN-CVE-2026-75973
Published 23-09-2026Last modified 23-09-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-75973 is a high (CVSS 7.3) Improper Authentication vulnerability in apache software foundation apache tomcat. EPSS estimates a 0.24% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 13.8% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
29/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.3/10
010
High · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.24%
0%100%
Low · Change unavailable
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 10 · Related 7
MGASA-2026-0479OPENSUSE-SU-2026:11906-1OPENSUSE-SU-2026:11907-1OPENSUSE-SU-2026:11908-1OPENSUSE-SU-2026:21984-1RHSA-2026:68257

Timeline

  1. 23-09-2026
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 23-09-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

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-M1 through 11.0.25, from 10.1.0-M1 through 10.1.59, from 9.0.0.M4 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.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.24%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

14%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

Change unavailable

Change unavailable

24-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
0.24%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Ubuntu6 products
  • tomcat10All versions (No fix recorded)
  • tomcat11All versions (No fix recorded)
  • tomcat6All versions (No fix recorded)
  • tomcat7All versions (No fix recorded)
  • tomcat8All versions (No fix recorded)
Debian3 products
  • tomcat10All versions (No fix recorded) | < 10.1.60-1
  • tomcat11All versions (No fix recorded)
  • tomcat9< 9.0.70-2
Apache software foundation1 product
  • apache tomcat≥ 11.0.0-M1, ≤ 11.0.25 | ≥ 10.1.0-M1, ≤ 10.1.59 | ≥ 9.0.0.M4, ≤ 9.0.121 | ≥ 8.5.0, ≤ 8.5.100

3 vendors · 10 products

References

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