CVE-2026-42498

⚠️ high

Summary

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.

CVSS Score

7.3

High

EPSS Score

0.1

Exploit Probability

Published Date

2026-05-12

First Seen: 2026-05-17

📊 Relative Risk Intelligence

This CVE is Moderate Risk - more severe than 55.5% of all 328,009 vulnerabilities in our database.

#145,998

Above average severity

Severity Percentile

🎯 CISA SSVC Assessment Updated: May 13, 2026

🔍 Exploitation Status

None

No known exploits

⚙️ Automatable

YES

Can be exploited automatically

💥 Technical Impact

Partial

Limited system impact

🏆 Discovered By

lokerxx

SSVC data provided by CISA

Last Modified 2026-05-14

Source NVD 🔗

CVSS Vector 3.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

CWE IDs (Weakness Types)

CWE-200

📦 Affected Products 5

Vendor	Product	Status	Affected Versions
apache	tomcat	Affected	> 10.1.0 < 10.1.55
apache	tomcat	Affected	> 11.0.0 < 11.0.22
apache	tomcat	Affected	> 7.0.0 < 7.0.109
apache	tomcat	Affected	> 8.5.0 < 8.5.100
apache	tomcat	Affected	> 9.0.0 < 9.0.118

🔗 References 2

https://lists.apache.org/thread/n61zwf75jrv09rz90j4j...

Mailing List Vendor Advisory

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/1...

Mailing List Third Party Advisory

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