GHSA-9m89-8frq-c98cLowCVSS 3.7
Apache Tomcat - AJP secret compared in non-constant time
🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)
📋 Description
Versions Affected: Apache Tomcat 11.0.0-M1 to 11.0.21 Apache Tomcat 10.1.0-M1 to 10.1.54 Apache Tomcat 9.0.0.M1 to 9.0.117 Older, unsupported versions may also be affected
Description: The AJP secret was compared in non-constant time allowing an attacker on the local network to mount a timing attack to determine the AJP secret.
Mitigation: Users of the affected versions should apply one of the following mitigations:
- Upgrade to Apache Tomcat 11.0.22 or later
- Upgrade to Apache Tomcat 10.1.55 or later
- Upgrade to Apache Tomcat 9.0.118 or later
🎯 Affected products9
- maven/org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core:< 9.0.118
- maven/org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core:>= 10.1.0-M1, < 10.1.55
- maven/org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core:>= 11.0.0-M1, < 11.0.22
- maven/org.apache.tomcat:tomcat:< 9.0.118
- maven/org.apache.tomcat:tomcat:>= 10.1.0-M1, < 10.1.55
- maven/org.apache.tomcat:tomcat:>= 11.0.0-M1, < 11.0.22
- maven/org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-catalina:< 9.0.118
- maven/org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-catalina:>= 10.1.0-M1, < 10.1.55
- maven/org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-catalina:>= 11.0.0-M1, < 11.0.22
🔗 References (10)
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-43514
- https://lists.apache.org/thread/2k654v5cq123npfsd1b2kk1y30owqb1m
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/12/10
- https://github.com/apache/tomcat/commit/933dcdbf2515972280002929e7e597dead2e9ffa
- https://github.com/apache/tomcat/commit/a102a2a157868ca51d83eaf5a119ccd9976a113e
- https://github.com/apache/tomcat/commit/d35d9d23263c8e4af561f615c960c91697ff200e
- https://tomcat.apache.org/security-10.html
- https://tomcat.apache.org/security-11.html
- https://tomcat.apache.org/security-9.html
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-9m89-8frq-c98c