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CVE-2026-74048: Apache Tomcat: OpenSSL-FFM FIPS failure does not prevent start-up

MediumCVSS 6.5 · v3.1—No exploit Fix available

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 26/100)

The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.45% (FIRST EPSS).
Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. A low-privileged account is enough. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
Fixed version: Apache Software Foundation Apache Tomcat 11.0.27.

Low priority for now. Upgrade to Apache Software Foundation Apache Tomcat 11.0.27 or later.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

Not Failing Securely ('Failing Open') vulnerability in Apache Tomcat. If the OpenSSLLifecycleListener is configured to use FIPS mode but FIPS activation fails, Tomcat logs and error but continues to use JSSE in non-FIPS mode with the provided configuration. This issue affects Apache Tomcat: from 11.0.0-M14 through 11.0.26, from 10.1.22 through 10.1.60, from 9.0.92 through 9.0.122. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 11.0.27, 10.1.61 or 9.0.123, which fix the issue.

Published: Oct 20, 2026
Updated: Oct 29, 2026
EPSS: 0.4% · 39th percentile
CWE: CWE-636

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Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS: 26 / 40 · 6.5 / 10
CISA KEV: 0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS: 0 / 30 · 0.4%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial

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Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (apache). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

Apache Software Foundation Apache Tomcat
- 11.0.0-M14 and later · up to and including 11.0.26affected · semver
- 10.1.22 and later · up to and including 10.1.60affected · semver
- 9.0.92 and later · up to and including 9.0.122affected · semver

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

Ecosystem	Package	Affected range	Fix
Debian:12	tomcat10	from 0	—
Debian:12	tomcat9	before 9.0.70-2	9.0.70-2
Debian:13	tomcat11	from 0	—
openSUSE:Tumbleweed	tomcat	before 9.0.123-1.1	9.0.123-1.1
openSUSE:Tumbleweed	tomcat10	before 10.1.61-1.1	10.1.61-1.1
openSUSE:Tumbleweed	tomcat11	before 11.0.27-1.1	11.0.27-1.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Web and Scripting 15 SP7	tomcat	before 9.0.123-150200.126.1	9.0.123-150200.126.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Web and Scripting 15 SP7	tomcat10	before 10.1.61-150200.5.85.1	10.1.61-150200.5.85.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5-LTSS	libapr1	before 1.6.5-4.13.1	1.6.5-4.13.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5-LTSS	libtcnative-1-0	before 1.3.9-3.9.1	1.3.9-3.9.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5-LTSS	tomcat	before 9.0.123-3.182.2	9.0.123-3.182.2

Same product

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Published before and after this one in the same product

← EarlierCVE-2026-101296Oct 20, 2026 · Apache Tomcat: JNDIRealm bind credential validation fails open for non-GSSAPI SASL mechanisms
36Monitor
← EarlierCVE-2026-101356Oct 20, 2026 · Apache Tomcat: HTTP/2 request/response mix-up after error during async processing
36Monitor
Later →CVE-2026-74049Oct 20, 2026 · Apache Tomcat: Jasper JSTL <c:redirect> plug-in implementation omits page abort (SKIP_PAGE)
24Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / package	Fixed version	Source
Apache Software Foundation Apache Tomcat	11.0.27 · description	Vendor (CNA)
debian:tomcat9	9.0.70-2 · Debian:12	Package registry (OSV)
opensuse:tomcat	9.0.123-1.1 · openSUSE:Tumbleweed	Package registry (OSV)
opensuse:tomcat10	10.1.61-1.1 · openSUSE:Tumbleweed	Package registry (OSV)
opensuse:tomcat11	11.0.27-1.1 · openSUSE:Tumbleweed	Package registry (OSV)
suse:libapr1	1.6.5-4.13.1 · SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5-LTSS	Package registry (OSV)
suse:libtcnative-1-0	1.3.9-3.9.1 · SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5-LTSS	Package registry (OSV)
suse:tomcat	9.0.123-3.182.2 · SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5-LTSS	Package registry (OSV)
suse:tomcat10	10.1.61-150200.5.85.1 · SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Web and Scripting 15 SP7	Package registry (OSV)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

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