CVE-2026-65182

⛔ critical

Summary

Improper Access Control, Incorrect Authorization vulnerability in Apache Tomcat leads to security constraint bypass if a constraint for a longer path is specified before a more restrictive constraint for a shorter sub-path. This issue affects Apache Tomcat: from 11.0.0-M1 through 11.0.24, from 10.1.0-M1 through 10.1.57, from 9.0.0.M1 through 9.0.120, from 8.5.0 through 8.5.100, from 7.0.0 through 7.0.109. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 11.0.25, 10.1.58, 9.0.121, which fixes th

Description

Improper Access Control, Incorrect Authorization vulnerability in Apache Tomcat leads to security constraint bypass if a constraint for a longer path is specified before a more restrictive constraint for a shorter sub-path.

This issue affects Apache Tomcat: from 11.0.0-M1 through 11.0.24, from 10.1.0-M1 through 10.1.57, from 9.0.0.M1 through 9.0.120, from 8.5.0 through 8.5.100, from 7.0.0 through 7.0.109.

Users are recommended to upgrade to version 11.0.25, 10.1.58, 9.0.121, which fixes the issue.

CVSS Score

9.1

Critical

EPSS Score

0.6

Exploit Probability

Published Date

2026-08-25

First Seen: 2026-08-26

📊 Relative Risk Intelligence

This CVE is High Risk - more severe than 87.6% of all 365,890 vulnerabilities in our database.

#45,274

Top 25% most severe

Severity Percentile

🎯 CISA SSVC Assessment Updated: Aug 26, 2026

🔍 Exploitation Status

None

No known exploits

⚙️ Automatable

YES

Can be exploited automatically

💥 Technical Impact

Total

Complete system compromise possible

🏆 Discovered By

4ra1n, pyn3rd and unam4

SSVC data provided by CISA

Last Modified 2026-08-27

Source NVD 🔗

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

CWE IDs (Weakness Types)

CWE-284 CWE-863

📦 Affected Products 4

Vendor	Product	Status	Affected Versions
apache	tomcat	Affected	> 10.1.0 < 10.1.58
apache	tomcat	Affected	> 11.0.0 < 11.0.25
apache	tomcat	Affected	> 7.0.0 < 7.0.109
apache	tomcat	Affected	> 8.5.0 < 9.0.121

🔗 References 2

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