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Apache Tomcat CLIENT_CERT Authentication Bypass When Soft Fail Is Disabled

Last refreshed2026-09-26

Status: UPDATED  |  Advisory ID: CVE-2026-29145

Key Details

CVECVE-2026-29145
CVSS Score / Version9.1 (Critical) / CVSS v3.1
Updated2026-09-24
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
CVSS Proseattack vector is network; attack complexity is low; privileges required is none; user interaction is none; scope is unchanged; confidentiality impact is high; integrity impact is high; availability impact is none.
Affected productsApache Tomcat and Apache Tomcat Native
Classified asCWE-287 (Improper Authentication)
Exploitation prediction (EPSS)0.63% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (48% percentile) -- FIRST.org's EPSS model.

Affected Products, Subsystems & Sectors

VendorProductAffected VersionsPatch Status
ApacheTomcat
ApacheTomcat Native
SubsystemsGeneral OT
SectorsMultiple

What to Know

CLIENT_CERT authentication does not fail as expected for some scenarios when soft fail is disabled vulnerability in Apache Tomcat, Apache Tomcat Native.

This issue affects Apache Tomcat: from 11.0.0-M1 through 11.0.18, from 10.1.0-M7 through 10.1.52, from 9.0.83 through 9.0.115; Apache Tomcat Native: from 1.1.23 through 1.1.34, from 1.2.0 through 1.2.39, from 1.3.0 through 1.3.6, from 2.0.0 through 2.0.13.

Users are recommended to upgrade to version Tomcat Native 1.3.7 or 2.0.14 and Tomcat 11.0.20, 10.1.53 and 9.0.116, which fix the issue.

What to Do

Monitor Apache's web page for any future patch releases. See vendor advisory link below.

References

SourceReference
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-29145
CVEhttps://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-29145
Vendor advisoryhttps://lists.apache.org/thread/yz5fxmhd2j43wgqykssdo7kltws57jfz