CVE-2026-75973 Apache Tomcat - Cross-context authentication mix-up with
Jakarta Authentication configured
Severity: Low
Vendor: The Apache Software Foundation
Versions Affected:
Apache Tomcat 11.0.0-M1 to 11.0.25
Apache Tomcat 10.1.0-M1 to 10.1.59
Apache Tomcat 9.0.0.M4 to 9.0.121
Description:
When Jakarta Authentication was configured with SimpleAuthConfigProvider
as the default provider and multiple web application used that provider,
the realm for the first web application to authenticate a request would
be used for all web applications.
Mitigation:
Users of the affected versions should apply one of the following
mitigations:
- Remove the examples web application
- Upgrade to Apache Tomcat 11.0.26
- Upgrade to Apache Tomcat 10.1.60
- Upgrade to Apache Tomcat 9.0.122
Credit:
This issue was identified by:
- 0xCc.zhang
History:
2026-09-23 Original advisory
References:
[1] https://tomcat.apache.org/security-11.html
[2] https://tomcat.apache.org/security-10.html
[3] https://tomcat.apache.org/security-9.html
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