# Apache Tomcat has a Missing Critical Step in Authentication vulnerability

Advisory record · `GHSA-7895-gffq-w6jq`

- **Identifiers:** `GHSA-7895-gffq-w6jq` · `CVE-2026-55957`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** CVSS 7.3 High
- **Critical:** No
- **Weakness (CWE):** [CWE-304](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/304.html)
- **Tags:** [Authentication bypass](https://agentprime.io/advisories/tag/auth-bypass.md)
- **Published:** 29 Jun 2026
- **Updated:** 4 Nov 2026
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the GitHub Advisory Database at 29 Jun 2026, 21:32 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known.

## Affected packages

- `org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core` (Maven): affected `>=11.0.0-M1, <11.0.5 || >=10.1.0-M1, <10.1.37 || >=9.0.0.M1, <9.0.101 || >=8.5.0, <=8.5.100 || <=7.0.109`; fixed in `11.0.5`, `10.1.37`, `9.0.101`
- `org.apache.tomcat:tomcat` (Maven): affected `>=11.0.0-M1, <11.0.5 || >=10.1.0-M1, <10.1.37 || >=9.0.0.M1, <9.0.101 || >=8.5.0, <=8.5.100 || <=7.0.109`; fixed in `11.0.5`, `10.1.37`, `9.0.101`
- `org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-catalina` (Maven): affected `>=11.0.0-M1, <11.0.5 || >=10.1.0-M1, <10.1.37 || >=9.0.0.M1, <9.0.101 || >=8.5.0, <=8.5.100 || <=7.0.109`; fixed in `11.0.5`, `10.1.37`, `9.0.101`

## Not analysed yet

We haven’t published our analysis of this Advisory yet. Once a person has reviewed it, this page will say what’s vulnerable, what has to be true for your app to be affected, and how to check.

## Severity and exploitation

- 7.3 High, CVSS 3.1: `CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L`, from GitHub Advisory Database

- **CISA KEV:** Not listed.
- **EPSS:** 0.029, the 86th percentile, on 8 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

## Timeline

- 29 Jun 2026, 21:32 UTC: [Confirmed by GitHub Advisory Database](https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-7895-gffq-w6jq)
- 4 Nov 2026, 16:30 UTC: [Confirmed by OSV](https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-7895-gffq-w6jq)

## Sources

- [GitHub Advisory Database: GHSA-7895-gffq-w6jq](https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-7895-gffq-w6jq)
- [OSV: GHSA-7895-gffq-w6jq](https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-7895-gffq-w6jq)
- <https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-55957>
- <https://github.com/apache/tomcat/commit/0cd21c0393b8811af22daddbba7b4e7328e2d79e>
- <https://github.com/apache/tomcat/commit/c32bbd37ea9ee0aaab848af4ee1c9a76e84240ea>
- <https://github.com/apache/tomcat/commit/fd96ab415631eea44636c94f911dd38427070ef9>
- <https://github.com/apache/tomcat>
- <https://lists.apache.org/thread/7fk339o5jvd4mcgsf0chbrn4o525ccjh>
- <https://tomcat.apache.org/security-10.html>
- <https://tomcat.apache.org/security-11.html>
- <https://tomcat.apache.org/security-9.html>
- <http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/06/29/26>

Facts on this page come from the GitHub Advisory Database (CC-BY 4.0), OSV and the other sources listed, as published. We don’t reproduce full advisory descriptions, which can contain exploit code.

## Check whether this affects you

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- Whether it touches your code, with file and line: the Claude Code plugin, <https://agentprime.io/plugin.md>
- As JSON: <https://api.agentprime.io/v1/advisories/GHSA-7895-gffq-w6jq>, or `POST https://api.agentprime.io/v1/match` with your packages (<https://agentprime.io/api.md>)

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