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🛡️ OESA-2026-3142 — tomcat (CVE-2026-59083 +1 more)

🔴 CVSS 9.5 — Critical ✅ No Known Exploit OSV
9.5
CVSS Score
0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

Description

tomcat security update

Tomcat is the servlet container that is used in the official Reference Implementation for the Java Servlet and JavaServer Pages technologies. The Java Servlet and JavaServer Pages specifications are developed by Sun under the Java Community Process.

Security Fix(es):

Improper Handling of URL Encoding (Hex Encoding) vulnerability in Apache Tomcat's rewrite valve allowed security constraint bypass for some configurations.

This issue affects Apache Tomcat: from 11.0.0-M1 through 11.0.23, from 10.1.0-M1 through 10.1.56, from 9.0.0.M1 through 9.0.119, from 8.5.0 through 8.5.100. Other versions that have reached end of support may also be affected.

Users are recommended to upgrade to version 11.0.24, 10.1.57 or 9.0.120, which fix the issue.(CVE-2026-59083)

['Severity: low\n\nAffected versions:\n\n- Apache Tomcat 11.0.0-M1 through 11.0.23\n- Apache Tomcat 10.1.0-M1 through 10.1.56\n- Apache Tomcat 9.0.13 through 9.0.119\n- Apache Tomcat 8.5.38 through 8.5.100\n- Apache Tomcat 7.0.100 through 7.0.109\n\nDescription:', 'Credit:\n\nNDIx (reporter)\n\nReferences:'](CVE-2026-59084)

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity high, availability none.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

  • Attack vector: Network — reachable from anywhere that can route to the service.
  • Attack complexity: Low — the attack works reliably, with no preparation.
  • Privileges required: None — an unauthenticated stranger can try it.
  • User interaction: None — nobody has to be tricked into anything.
  • Scope: Unchanged — the damage stays inside the vulnerable component.
  • Confidentiality impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
  • Integrity impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
  • Availability impact: None.

Affected software

OESA-2026-3142 is recorded against 1 package.

  • tomcat (fixed in 9.0.120-1.oe2003sp4)

Timeline and source

Published on 24 July 2026 and last revised on 18 August 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

www.openeuler.org (Advisory)
nvd.nist.gov (Advisory)
nvd.nist.gov (Advisory)

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Details

Severity CRITICAL
CVSS Score 9.5
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
CWE N/A
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2026-07-24
Updated 2026-08-20
Modified 2026-08-18
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
tomcat — 9.0.120-1.oe2003sp4

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