CVE-2026-43512Apache Tomcat: Digest authenticator will authenticate any unknown user
- 9.8CriticalCVSS base score
- 1.3%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 29% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
DEPRECATED: Authentication Bypass Issues vulnerability in digest authentication 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 9.0.0.M1 through 9.0.117, from 8.5.0 through 8.5.100, from before 7.0.0. Older unsupported versions any also be affect Users are recommended to upgrade to version 11.0.22, 10.1.55 or 9.0.118 which fix the issue.
Timeline
ID reserved
By apache
- 11 days later
· 11 days later
Published
- 2 days later
· 2 days 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
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISA-ADPADP (enrichment) | 3.1 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 3.1 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.3% · top 29% of all CVEs (15 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: total
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 9.8.
Affected products
Apache Software Foundation · Apache Tomcat
- affected 11.0.0-M1 – ≤ 11.0.21
- affected 10.1.0-M1 – ≤ 10.1.54
- affected 9.0.0.M1 – ≤ 9.0.117
- affected 8.5.0 – ≤ 8.5.100
- affected 7.0.0 – ≤ 7.0.109
- unknown < 7.0.0
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Mavenorg.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-coreGHSA-h6fc-48rj-7qqh (opens in a new tab)
- Mavenorg.apache.tomcat:tomcatGHSA-h6fc-48rj-7qqh (opens in a new tab)
- Mavenorg.apache.tomcat:tomcat-catalinaGHSA-h6fc-48rj-7qqh (opens in a new tab)
References
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2026-29516 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-h6fc-48rj-7qqh (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2026-43512)Record last updated .