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CVE-2026-55957

39
FAUCET Score

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

First published: Jun 29, 2026Last modified: Jun 29, 2026

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 9.0.101CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 10.1.0, < 10.1.37CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 11.0.0, < 11.0.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 10.1.0-M1, <= 10.1.36CPE match
cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 11.0.0-M1, <= 11.0.4CPE match
cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.3HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
LOW
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.4
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.98%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
85.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0298 is in the 75th percentile among its peer group of 51,506 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

apachevendor investigatingvia vendor_rss
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

apacheapache:www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg11332.html

[SECURITY] CVE-2026-55957 Apache Tomcat - Authentication bypass with JNDIRealm and GSSAPI authenticated bind

Jun 29, 2026

References

openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2026/06/29/26
Third Party Advisory
lists.apache.org / thread/7fk339o5jvd4mcgsf0chbrn4o525ccjh
Vendor AdvisoryMailing List