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CVE-2026-15554Undertow-core: undertow: authentication bypass via ajp ssl_cert/is_ssl forgery

Description

the Undertow AJP listener honours forged ssl_cert and is_ssl AJP attributes without requiring any shared-secret authentication. This enables an unauthenticated attacker with direct TCP access to port 8009 to bypass CLIENT-CERT authentication by injecting a forged X.509 certificate via the AJP protocol.

Timeline

  1. ID reserved

    By redhat

  2. · 29 days later

    Published

  3. · 3 months later

    Record updated

Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.

Scores

CVSS scores of CVE-2026-15554, by who scored it
Scored byCVSSScoreVector
redhatCNA (assigner)3.1High7.4CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
NVDNVD · Awaiting Analysis3.1High7.4CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
0.48% · top 58% of all CVEs (12 Nov 2026)
CISA SSVC
Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.4.

Affected products

What to do

Workaround: Restrict direct TCP access to the Undertow AJP listener (default port 8009) so that only trusted reverse proxies can connect, for example by binding the AJP listener to localhost or applying firewall rules that limit access to the port to trusted hosts, since exploitation requires direct network access to the AJP port. Additionally, configure the AJP listener to require a shared secret so that AJP requests without proper authentication are rejected, as the flaw arises because forged ssl_cert and is_ssl attributes are honoured without any shared-secret authentication.

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