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.

Project Subscriptions

No data.

Advisories

No advisories yet.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.


Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

History

Tue, 25 Aug 2026 22:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
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.
Title Apache Tomcat: Bypass longest prefix security constraint
Weaknesses CWE-284
CWE-863
References

Projects

Sign in to view the affected projects.

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apache

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-25T21:43:37.040Z

Reserved: 2026-07-21T18:33:56.118Z

Link: CVE-2026-65182

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-08-25T22:17:04.900

Modified: 2026-08-25T22:17:04.900

Link: CVE-2026-65182

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses