CVE-2026-42498

HIGH
MEDIUM Priority: 0.05 BB Relevance: 75/100
Published: 2026-05-12 Modified: 2026-10-26 First seen: 2026-10-29 Status: active

Attack Surface

Network Low Complexity No Auth No Interaction

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV: Network
AC: Low
PR: None
UI: None
S: Unchanged
C: Low
I: Low
A: Low

Description

Exposure 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.

Weakness Classification (1)

Affected Software (1)

VendorProductVersion
apache tomcat 7.0.0 – 7.0.109

References & Advisories (2)

Bug Bounty Relevance

75 / 100
✓ Network accessible
✓ No authentication
✓ Low complexity
✓ No user interaction

CVSS Score

7.3 / 10.0 v3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

EPSS — Exploitation Probability

0.65%
Raw Score 0.006460
Percentile 50.9%
Date 2026-10-29

EPSS Trend

2026-10-29
0.00646
2026-10-28
0.00646

Intelligence Sources

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