Bug 2457037 (CVE-2026-29145)

Summary:	CVE-2026-29145 Apache Tomcat: Apache Tomcat: Authentication bypass due to CLIENT_CERT soft fail misconfiguration
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	OSIDB Bzimport <bzimport>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Product Security DevOps Team <prodsec-dev>
Status:	NEW ---	QA Contact:
Severity:	medium	Docs Contact:
Priority:	medium
Version:	unspecified	CC:	csutherl, dsoumis, jclere, jwon, pjindal, plodge, rhel-process-autobot, rmaucher, szappis, watson-tool-maintainers
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Doc Text:	A flaw was found in Apache Tomcat and Apache Tomcat Native. When CLIENT_CERT authentication is configured with "soft fail" disabled, the authentication process may not correctly fail in certain scenarios. This vulnerability could allow an attacker to bypass expected client certificate authentication, potentially leading to unauthorized access to protected resources.	Story Points:	---
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-04-09 20:02:26 UTC

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.

Comment 3 errata-xmlrpc 2026-05-26 12:55:45 UTC

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat JBoss Web Server 6.2.3

Via RHSA-2026:20406 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:20406

Comment 4 errata-xmlrpc 2026-05-26 12:56:36 UTC

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat JBoss Web Server 6.2 on RHEL 10
  Red Hat JBoss Web Server 6.2 on RHEL 8
  Red Hat JBoss Web Server 6.2 on RHEL 9

Via RHSA-2026:20405 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:20405