{
  "threat_severity" : "Moderate",
  "public_date" : "2026-06-29T20:46:02Z",
  "bugzilla" : {
    "description" : "tomcat: Apache Tomcat: Improper Authorization Allows Security Constraint Bypass",
    "id" : "2494676",
    "url" : "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2494676"
  },
  "cvss3" : {
    "cvss3_base_score" : "6.5",
    "cvss3_scoring_vector" : "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N",
    "status" : "verified"
  },
  "cwe" : "CWE-551",
  "details" : [ "Improper Authorization vulnerability in Apache Tomcat leads to security constraints specified for the default servlet ignoring any method or method omission configured as part of the constraint.\nThis issue affects Apache Tomcat: from 11.0.0-M1 through 11.0.22, from 10.1.0-M1 through 10.1.55, from 9.0.0.M1 through 9.0.118, from 8.5.0 through 8.5.100, from 7.0.0 through 7.0.109. Other versions that have reached end of support may also be affected.\nUsers are recommended to upgrade to version 11.0.23, 10.1.56 or 9.0.119, which fix the issue.", "A flaw was found in Apache Tomcat where access control rules for the default servlet are improperly handled. An attacker can exploit this issue to bypass specific HTTP method restrictions, potentially gaining unauthorized access to protected application resources." ],
  "statement" : "A security flaw in Apache Tomcat allows an attacker to bypass specific HTTP method restrictions on the default servlet. Red Hat products utilizing affected Tomcat versions are vulnerable if they rely on these method-specific security constraints. This could potentially enable unauthorized access to restricted application resources.",
  "affected_release" : [ {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat JBoss Web Server 7.0.0",
    "release_date" : "2026-07-14T00:00:00Z",
    "advisory" : "RHSA-2026:39189",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_web_server:7.0",
    "package" : "tomcat-catalina"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat JBoss Web Server 7.0 on RHEL 10",
    "release_date" : "2026-07-14T00:00:00Z",
    "advisory" : "RHSA-2026:39188",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_web_server:7.0::el10",
    "package" : "jws7-tomcat-0:11.0.21-5.redhat_00004.1.el10jws"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat JBoss Web Server 7.0 on RHEL 8",
    "release_date" : "2026-07-14T00:00:00Z",
    "advisory" : "RHSA-2026:39188",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_web_server:7.0::el8",
    "package" : "jws7-tomcat-0:11.0.21-5.redhat_00004.1.el8jws"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat JBoss Web Server 7.0 on RHEL 9",
    "release_date" : "2026-07-14T00:00:00Z",
    "advisory" : "RHSA-2026:39188",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_web_server:7.0::el9",
    "package" : "jws7-tomcat-0:11.0.21-5.redhat_00004.1.el9jws"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Hardened Images",
    "release_date" : "2026-06-24T00:00:00Z",
    "advisory" : "RHSA-2026:29203",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/a:redhat:hummingbird:1",
    "package" : "tomcat10-main-10.1.56-1.hum1",
    "impact" : "critical"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Hardened Images",
    "release_date" : "2026-06-29T00:00:00Z",
    "advisory" : "RHSA-2026:32960",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/a:redhat:hummingbird:1",
    "package" : "tomcat11-main-11.0.23-0.1.hum1",
    "impact" : "critical"
  } ],
  "package_state" : [ {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10",
    "fix_state" : "Fix deferred",
    "package_name" : "tomcat",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10",
    "fix_state" : "Fix deferred",
    "package_name" : "tomcat9",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6",
    "fix_state" : "Out of support scope",
    "package_name" : "tomcat6",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7",
    "fix_state" : "Out of support scope",
    "package_name" : "tomcat",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8",
    "fix_state" : "Fix deferred",
    "package_name" : "pki-deps:10.6/pki-servlet-engine",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8",
    "fix_state" : "Fix deferred",
    "package_name" : "tomcat",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9",
    "fix_state" : "Fix deferred",
    "package_name" : "pki-servlet-engine",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9",
    "fix_state" : "Fix deferred",
    "package_name" : "tomcat",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat JBoss Web Server 5",
    "fix_state" : "Out of support scope",
    "package_name" : "jws5-tomcat",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_web_server:5"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat JBoss Web Server 6",
    "fix_state" : "Affected",
    "package_name" : "tomcat-catalina",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_web_server:6"
  } ],
  "references" : [ "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-55956\nhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-55956\nhttps://lists.apache.org/thread/dcjdcnnnww9hhdm016hr0l7hpw1bzjfp" ],
  "name" : "CVE-2026-55956",
  "mitigation" : {
    "value" : "Review your application's web.xml file. Ensure security constraints explicitly deny unauthorized users by path, rather than relying strictly on filtering specific HTTP methods (like GET or POST).",
    "lang" : "en:us"
  },
  "csaw" : false
}