GHSA-7895-gffq-w6jqHighCVSS 7.3

Apache Tomcat has a Missing Critical Step in Authentication vulnerability

Published
June 29, 2026
Last Modified
November 4, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2026-55957 →

📋 Description

Missing Critical Step in Authentication vulnerability in Apache Tomcat when the JNDIRealm was configured to authenticate binds using GSSAPI allowed attackers to authenticate without providing the correct password.

This issue affects Apache Tomcat: from 11.0.0-M1 through 11.0.4, from 10.1.0-M1 through 10.1.36, from 9.0.0.M1 through 9.0.100, from 8.5.0 through 8.5.100, from 7.0.0 through 7.0.109.

Users are recommended to upgrade to version 11.0.5, 10.1.37 or 9.0.101, which fixes the issue.

🎯 Affected products15

  • maven/org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core:>= 11.0.0-M1, < 11.0.5
  • maven/org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core:>= 10.1.0-M1, < 10.1.37
  • maven/org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core:>= 9.0.0.M1, < 9.0.101
  • maven/org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core:>= 8.5.0, <= 8.5.100
  • maven/org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core:<= 7.0.109
  • maven/org.apache.tomcat:tomcat:>= 11.0.0-M1, < 11.0.5
  • maven/org.apache.tomcat:tomcat:>= 10.1.0-M1, < 10.1.37
  • maven/org.apache.tomcat:tomcat:>= 9.0.0.M1, < 9.0.101
  • maven/org.apache.tomcat:tomcat:>= 8.5.0, <= 8.5.100
  • maven/org.apache.tomcat:tomcat:<= 7.0.109
  • maven/org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-catalina:>= 11.0.0-M1, < 11.0.5
  • maven/org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-catalina:>= 10.1.0-M1, < 10.1.37
  • maven/org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-catalina:>= 9.0.0.M1, < 9.0.101
  • maven/org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-catalina:>= 8.5.0, <= 8.5.100
  • maven/org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-catalina:<= 7.0.109

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