Improper Authentication vulnerability in Apache Tomcat. When Jakarta Authentication was configured with SimpleAuthConfigProvider as the default provider and multiple web application used that provider, the realm for the first web application to authenticate a request would be used for all web applications.



This issue affects Apache Tomcat: from 11.0.0-M1 through 11.0.25, from 10.1.0-M1 through 10.1.59, from 9.0.0.M4 through 9.0.121.



The following versions were EOL at the time the CVE was created but are
known to be affected: from 8.5.0 through 8.5.100. Other unsupported versions may also be affected.




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

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Description Improper Authentication vulnerability in Apache Tomcat. When Jakarta Authentication was configured with SimpleAuthConfigProvider as the default provider and multiple web application used that provider, the realm for the first web application to authenticate a request would be used for all web applications. This issue affects Apache Tomcat: from 11.0.0-M1 through 11.0.25, from 10.1.0-M1 through 10.1.59, from 9.0.0.M4 through 9.0.121. The following versions were EOL at the time the CVE was created but are known to be affected: from 8.5.0 through 8.5.100. Other unsupported versions may also be affected. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 11.0.26, 10.1.60, 9.0.122, which fixes the issue.
Title Apache Tomcat: Cross-context authentication mix-up with Jakarta Authentication configured
Weaknesses CWE-287
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apache

Published:

Updated: 2026-09-23T11:14:07.995Z

Reserved: 2026-08-18T17:47:34.591Z

Link: CVE-2026-75973

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-09-23T12:17:06.410

Modified: 2026-09-23T12:17:06.410

Link: CVE-2026-75973

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Updated: 2026-09-23T13:45:04Z

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