The version of Tomcat installed on the remote host is prior to 11.0.25. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the fixed_in_apache_tomcat_11.0.25_security-11 advisory.

  - Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability in Apache Tomcat's WebSocket chat example. This issue     affects Apache Tomcat: from 11.0.0-M20 through 11.0.24, from 10.1.24 through 10.1.57, from 9.0.89 through     9.0.120. Users who have followed the security guidance to remove the examples web application are not     affected by this issue. Users are recommended to remove the examples web application or to upgrade to     version 11.0.25, 10.1.58 or 9.0.121 (when released), which fix the issue. (CVE-2026-66299)

  - Insufficient Session Expiration vulnerability in Apache Tomcat meant that if the session ID for an     authenticated HTTP session was changed after a WebSocket connection had been established under that     authenticated HTTP session, the WebSokcet session would not be closed as required by the Jakarta WebSocket     specification when the HTTP session ended. 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. 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, from 7.0.43 through     7.0.109. Other unsupported versions may also be affected. Users are recommended to upgrade to version     11.0.25, 10.1.58 or 9.0.121, which fix the issue. (CVE-2026-73180)

  - Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability in Apache Tomcat via an allocation leak in the HTTP/2     backlog tracking when a stream is reset This issue affects Apache Tomcat: from 11.0.0-M1 through 11.0.24,     from 10.1.0-M1 through 10.1.57, from 9.0.39 through 9.0.120. The following versions were EOL at the time     the CVE was created but are known to be affected: from 8.5.59 through 8.5.100. Other unsupported versions     may also be affected. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 11.0.25, 10.1.58 or 9.0.121, which fix     the issue. (CVE-2026-68763)

  - Improper Authentication vulnerability in Apache Tomcat meant that in some circumstances (e.g. CLIENT-CERT,     SPNEGO) that a user would be authenticated even if the user did not exist in the DataSourceRealm. 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. 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, from 7.0.0 through 7.0.109. Other unsupported versions may also be     affected. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 11.0.25, 10.1.58 or 9.0.121, which fix the issue.
    (CVE-2026-68569)

  - Incorrect Authorization vulnerability in Apache Tomcat's FORM authentication process allows the bypassing     of a security constraint that limits user has access to a resource POST but not GET. 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. 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, from 7.0.0 through 7.0.109. Other unsupported versions may also be affected.
    Users are recommended to upgrade to version 11.0.25, 10.1.58 or 9.0.121, which fixes the issue.
    (CVE-2026-68525)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Detections

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Apache Tomcat 11.0.0.M1 < 11.0.25 multiple vulnerabilities

medium Nessus Plugin ID 330425

Version 1.6

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Version 1.6 Aug 31, 2026, 4:25 PM CVSS metrics ("CVSSv2 score" set to 5.0) CVSS metrics ("CVSSv2 vector" set to "CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P") CVSS metrics ("CVSSv3 score" set to 5.3) CVSS metrics ("CVSSv3 vector" set to "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L") CVSSv2 severity (based on CVE-2026-66299, severity decreased from "High" to "Medium") CVSSv3 score source (changed from "CVE-2026-65905" to none) CVSSv3 severity (based on None, severity decreased from "High" to "Medium") Plugin Feed: 202608311625
Version 1.5 Aug 29, 2026, 12:30 AM Plugin metadata (Add IAVM Info) Plugin Feed: 202608290030
Version 1.4 Aug 27, 2026, 3:41 PM CVSS metrics ("CVSSv3 score" set to 9.8) CVSS metrics ("CVSSv3 vector" set to "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H") CVSSv3 score source (set to "CVE-2026-65905") Plugin Feed: 202608271541
Version 1.3 Aug 26, 2026, 3:06 AM CVE (set "CVE" coverage to "CVE-2026-65182,CVE-2026-65183,CVE-2026-65637,CVE-2026-65905,CVE-2026-65927,CVE-2026-66299,CVE-2026-66422,CVE-2026-68525,CVE-2026-68569,CVE-2026-68763,CVE-2026-73180") Detection (updated detection logic) Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202608260306
Version 1.1 Jul 29, 2026, 12:29 AM New Plugin Feed: 202607290029