CyberRota Analysis
AI-GeneratedApache Tomcat is vulnerable due to an improper authentication issue when using the SimpleAuthConfigProvider with Jakarta Authentication, leading to the potential for one web application’s authentication realm to be erroneously applied to others. This flaw can result in unauthorized access across multiple applications, posing a significant security risk. Organizations utilizing affected versions, particularly those managing multiple web applications, should prioritize upgrading to the latest patched versions to mitigate this vulnerability.
Original NVD Description
Improper Authentication vulnerability in Apache Tomcat. When Jakarta Authentication was configured with SimpleAuthConfigProvider as the default provider and multiple web application used that provider, the realm for the first web application to authenticate a request would be used for all web applications. This issue affects Apache Tomcat: from 11.0.0-M1 through 11.0.25, from 10.1.0-M1 through 10.1.59, from 9.0.0.M4 through 9.0.121. 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. Other unsupported versions may also be affected. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 11.0.26, 10.1.60, 9.0.122, which fixes the issue.