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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-5m62-pw8w-7w9f)

critical Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 442194

Description

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

 - Improper Authorization vulnerability when multiple method constraints define an HTTP method for the same
 extension 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 7.0.0 through
 7.0.109. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 11.0.22, 10.1.55 or 9.0.118 which fix the issue.
 (CVE-2026-43515)

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-5m62-pw8w-7w9f

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 442194

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: 4.3

Percentile: 53.61

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Critical

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.4

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-43515

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.1

Temporal Score: 8.2

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

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-2026-43515

cwe: CWE-285