CVE-2026-86248

Apache Tomcat: Fix for CVE-2026-34500 was incomplete. OCSP checks sometimes soft-fail with FFM even when soft-fail is disabled

Published Sep 23, 2026 CVSS 3.1 · 9.8 Critical EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
CLIENT_CERT authentication does not fail as expected for some scenarios when soft fail is disabled vulnerability in Apache Tomcat.



This issue affects Apache Tomcat: from 11.0.0-M14 through 11.0.25, from 10.1.22 through 10.1.59, from 9.0.92 through 9.0.121.



Users are recommended to upgrade to version 11.0.26, 10.1.60 or 9.0.122, which fix the issue.

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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 9.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

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First Time appeared Apache
Apache tomcat
Vendors & Products Apache
Apache tomcat
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Weaknesses CWE-287
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Description CLIENT_CERT authentication does not fail as expected for some scenarios when soft fail is disabled vulnerability in Apache Tomcat. This issue affects Apache Tomcat: from 11.0.0-M14 through 11.0.25, from 10.1.22 through 10.1.59, from 9.0.92 through 9.0.121. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 11.0.26, 10.1.60 or 9.0.122, which fix the issue.
Title Apache Tomcat: Fix for CVE-2026-34500 was incomplete. OCSP checks sometimes soft-fail with FFM even when soft-fail is disabled
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
apache
Published
Updated
Sep 23, 2026, 4:14 PM
Reserved
Sep 6, 2026, 10:25 AM
Status
Awaiting Analysis
Published
Sep 23, 2026, 12:17 PM
Modified
Sep 23, 2026, 5:58 PM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Sep 23, 2026, 11:29 AM