Alpine: multiple tomcat-native packages: security update to 2.0.16-r0

critical Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 477146

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities referenced in the following CVEs:

- Buffer over-read vulnerability in Apache Tomcat Native during the TLS handshake permits a malicious user
to trigger a DoS via a JVM crash. This issue affects Apache Tomcat Native: from 2.0.0 through 2.0.15, from
1.3.0 through 1.3.8. Earlier, unsupported versions may also be affected. Users are recommended to upgrade
to version 1.3.9 or 2.0.16, which fix the issue. (CVE-2026-86243)

- Initialization of a resource with an insecure default vulnerability in Apache Tomcat Native enabled
insecure options by default including ALLOW_CLIENT_RENEGOTIATION, NO_EXTENDED_MASTER_SECRET,
IGNORE_UNEXPECTED_EOF and ALLOW_NO_DHE_KEX. This issue affects Apache Tomcat Native: from 2.0.0 through
2.0.15, from 1.3.0 through 1.3.8. Earlier unsupported versions may also be affected. Users are recommended
to upgrade to version 2.0.16 or 1.3.9, which fix the issue. (CVE-2026-86246)

- Race condition within a thread vulnerability in Apache Tomcat Native allowed client certificate
verification requirements to be down-graded for some configurations. This issue affects Apache Tomcat
Native: from 2.0.0 through 2.0.15, from 1.3.0 through 1.3.8. Unsupported versions may also be affected.
Users are recommended to upgrade to version 2.0.16 or 1.3.9, which fixes the issue. (CVE-2026-86247)

Solution

Update the tomcat-native library and its related packages to version 2.0.16-r0 or later.

See Also

https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2026-86243

https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2026-86246

https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2026-86247

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 477146

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/23/2026

Updated: 10/23/2026

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.3

Percentile: 53.44

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.4

Temporal Score: 7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-86246

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.1

Temporal Score: 7.9

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/23/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-86243, CVE-2026-86246, CVE-2026-86247