Vulnerability · CVE-2026-29145
CLIENT_CERT authentication does not fail as expected for some scenarios when soft fail is disabled vulnerability in Apache Tomcat, Apache Tomcat Native.
Published Apr 9, 2026 · catalog updated Jun 17, 2026 · CLIENT_CERT authentication does not
Check if you run it
No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2026-29145. EPSS is 0.71%. Act only if a listed version of CLIENT_CERT authentication does not is installed.
Gaps on this record
- The stored product name is a package slug. The name on this page is taken from the title (CLIENT_CERT authentication does not).
- No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
- Severity
- Critical9.1
- Known exploitation
- Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
- EPSS
- 0.71%
- Remediation
- Advisory link
- Affected products
- cpe apache/tomcat
CLIENT_CERT authentication does not fail as expected for some scenarios when soft fail is disabled vulnerability in Apache Tomcat, Apache Tomcat Native. This issue affects Apache Tomcat: from 11.0.0-M1 through 11.0.18, from 10.1.0-M7 through 10.1.52, from 9.0.83 through 9.0.115; Apache Tomcat Native: from 1.1.23 through 1.1.34, from 1.2.0 through 1.2.39, from 1.3.0 through 1.3.6, from 2.0.0 through 2.0.13. Users are recommended to upgrade to version Tomcat Native 1.3.7 or 2.0.14 and Tomcat 11.0.20, 10.1.53 and 9.0.116, which fix the issue.
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- cpe apache/tomcat10.1.0
How to fix CVE-2026-29145
Recommended remediation
A patch or advisory reference is linked. Open the original publisher for availability by product version.
Official advisories
What to do
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Should you patch?
No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2026-29145. EPSS is 0.71%. Act only if a listed version of CLIENT_CERT authentication does not is installed.
Which versions are affected?
Compare what you have installed with 10.1.0. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.
What should an analyst verify?
CWE-287: Improper Authentication. EPSS 0.71%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.
Code
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Timeline
Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.
Apr 9, 2026 · NIST NVD
Detected
CLIENT_CERT authentication does not fail as expected for some scenarios when soft fail is disabled vulnerability in Apache Tomcat, Apache Tomcat Native. This issue affects Apache Tomcat: from 11.0.0-M1 through 11.0.18, from 10.1.0-M7 through 10.1.52, from 9.0.83 through 9.0.115; Apache Tomcat Native: from 1.1.23 through 1.1.34, from 1.2.0 through 1.2.39, from 1.3.0 through 1.3.6, from 2.0.0 throug
Jun 17, 2026 · NIST NVD
Updated
CLIENT_CERT authentication does not fail as expected for some scenarios when soft fail is disabled vulnerability in Apache Tomcat, Apache Tomcat Native. This issue affects Apache Tomcat: from 11.0.0-M1 through 11.0.18, from 10.1.0-M7 through 10.1.52, from 9.0.83 through 9.0.115; Apache Tomcat Native: from 1.1.23 through 1.1.34, from 1.2.0 through 1.2.39, from 1.3.0 through 1.3.6, from 2.0.0 throug
Sources
- CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2026-29145
Official CVE identifier
cve.org - FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2026-29145
30-day exploitation probability 0.7%
first.org - NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2026-29145
CLIENT_CERT authentication does not fail as expected for some scenarios when soft fail is disabled vulnerability in Apache Tomcat, Apache Tomcat Native. This issue affects Apache Tomcat: from 11.0.0-M1 through 11.0.18, from 10.1.0-M7 through 10.1.52, from 9.0.83 through 9.0.115;
nvd.nist.gov
References
Freshness
Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.