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SCA: security update for org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core, org.apache.tomcat:tomcat, org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-catalina (GHSA-h6fc-48rj-7qqh)

critical Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 442123

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - DEPRECATED: Authentication Bypass Issues vulnerability in digest authentication in Apache Tomcat. This
 issue affects Apache Tomcat: from 11.0.0-M1 through 11.0.21, from 10.1.0-M1 through 10.1.54, from 9.0.0.M1
 through 9.0.117, from 8.5.0 through 8.5.100, from before 7.0.0. Older unsupported versions any also be
 affect Users are recommended to upgrade to version 11.0.22, 10.1.55 or 9.0.118 which fix the issue.
 (CVE-2026-43512)

Solution

Update the org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core library and its related packages to version 10.1.55 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-h6fc-48rj-7qqh

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 442123

Version: Revision 1.3

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 5/19/2026

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.97

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Critical

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-43512

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/12/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/11/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-43512

cwe: CWE-287