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.
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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.
Title Apache Tomcat: WebSocket authentication header exposure
Weaknesses CWE-200
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apache

Published: 2026-05-12T15:17:56.531Z

Updated: 2026-05-12T17:40:58.470Z

Reserved: 2026-04-27T22:13:05.647Z

Link: CVE-2026-42498

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Undergoing Analysis

Published: 2026-05-12T16:16:17.800

Modified: 2026-05-12T18:17:24.847

Link: CVE-2026-42498

cve-icon Redhat

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