Critical 9.1Published Apr 9, 2026

CVE-2026-29145Apache Tomcat, Apache Tomcat Native: OCSP checks sometimes soft-fail even when soft-fail is disabled

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 26, 2026, 8:23 AM ET)

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CLIENT_CERT authentication does not fail as expected for some scenarios when soft fail is disabled vulnerability in Apache Tomcat, Apache Tomcat Native. This issue affects Apache Tomcat: from 11.0.0-M1 through 11.0.18, from 10.1.0-M7 through 10.1.52, from 9.0.83 through 9.0.115; Apache Tomcat Native: from 1.1.23 through 1.1.34, from 1.2.0 through 1.2.39, from 1.3.0 through 1.3.6, from 2.0.0 through 2.0.13. Users are recommended to upgrade to version Tomcat Native 1.3.7 or 2.0.14 and Tomcat 11.0.20, 10.1.53 and 9.0.116, which fix the issue.

CVSS: 9.1 CRITICAL (v3.1, CISA ADP)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Weakness (CWE): CWE-287
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: apache
NVD analysis: Analyzed
Record last updated: Apr 10, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

Apache Software Foundation Apache Tomcat apache_software_foundation:apache_tomcat (from the name)	from 11.0.0-M1 through 11.0.18; from 10.1.0-M7 through 10.1.52; from 9.0.83 through 9.0.115; through 8.5.100 not affected	CNA record
Apache Software Foundation Apache Tomcat Native apache_software_foundation:apache_tomcat_native (from the name)	from 1.1.23 through 1.1.34; from 1.2.0 through 1.2.39; from 1.3.0 through 1.3.6; from 2.0.0 through 2.0.13	CNA record
apache tomcat apache:tomcat	from 9.0.83 before 9.0.116; from 10.1.1 before 10.1.53; from 11.0.0 before 11.0.20; 10.1.0; 10.1.0; 10.1.0; 10.1.0; 10.1.0; and 10 more ranges	NVD
apache tomcat_native apache:tomcat_native	from 1.1.23 before 1.3.7; from 2.0.0 before 2.0.14	NVD

References

https://lists.apache.org/thread/yz5fxmhd2j43wgqykssdo7kltws57jfzvendor-advisory, mailing-list
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/04/09/23mailing-list, third-party-advisory

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