CVE-2026-42498

NameCVE-2026-42498
DescriptionExposure of HTTP Authentication Header to unexpected hosts during WebSocket authentication vulnerability 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 9.0.2 through 9.0.117, from 8.5.24 through 8.5.100, from 7.0.83 through 7.0.109. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 11.0.22, 10.1.55 or 9.0.118, which fix the issue.
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Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
tomcat10 (PTS)bookworm, bookworm (security)10.1.52-1~deb12u1vulnerable
trixie (security), trixie10.1.52-1~deb13u1vulnerable
forky, sid10.1.54-1vulnerable
tomcat11 (PTS)trixie (security), trixie11.0.15-1~deb13u1vulnerable
forky11.0.21-1vulnerable
sid11.0.22-2fixed
tomcat9 (PTS)bullseye9.0.43-2~deb11u10vulnerable
bullseye (security)9.0.107-0+deb11u2fixed
bookworm9.0.70-2fixed
trixie9.0.95-1fixed
forky, sid9.0.118-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
tomcat10source(unstable)(unfixed)
tomcat11source(unstable)11.0.22-1
tomcat9source(unstable)9.0.70-2

Notes

Starting with 9.0.70-2 src:tomcat9 no longer ships the server stack, using that as the fixed version
Fixed by: https://github.com/apache/tomcat/commit/b7b173694d588ddcfa432f079baf763cbbbaa5c4 (11.0.22)
Fixed by: https://github.com/apache/tomcat/commit/6cbe274592ef2d11607b5b188e1df649de52f8d5 (10.1.55)
Fixed by: https://github.com/apache/tomcat/commit/169d725788ea6aec217ecac70fe4161c837ba423 (9.0.118)
https://lists.apache.org/thread/n61zwf75jrv09rz90j4jssncm244bwdb

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