CLIENT_CERT authentication does not fail as expected for some scenarios when soft fail is disabled vulnerability in Apache Tomcat. This issue affects Apache Tomcat: from 11.0.0-M14 through 11.0.25, from 10.1.22 through 10.1.59, from 9.0.92 through 9.0.121. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 11.0.26, 10.1.60 or 9.0.122, which fix the issue.
History

Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:15:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-303
References
Metrics threat_severity

None

threat_severity

Moderate


Wed, 23 Sep 2026 17:30:00 +0000

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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 9.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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First Time appeared Apache
Apache tomcat
Vendors & Products Apache
Apache tomcat

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Weaknesses CWE-287

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Description CLIENT_CERT authentication does not fail as expected for some scenarios when soft fail is disabled vulnerability in Apache Tomcat. This issue affects Apache Tomcat: from 11.0.0-M14 through 11.0.25, from 10.1.22 through 10.1.59, from 9.0.92 through 9.0.121. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 11.0.26, 10.1.60 or 9.0.122, which fix the issue.
Title Apache Tomcat: Fix for CVE-2026-34500 was incomplete. OCSP checks sometimes soft-fail with FFM even when soft-fail is disabled
References

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apache

Published: 2026-09-23T11:29:35.479Z

Updated: 2026-09-23T16:14:59.897Z

Reserved: 2026-09-06T10:25:16.193Z

Link: CVE-2026-86248

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-09-23T16:13:57.051Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-09-23T12:17:08.237

Modified: 2026-09-23T17:58:26.570

Link: CVE-2026-86248

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2026-09-23T11:29:35Z

Links: CVE-2026-86248 - Bugzilla