{"id":"BIT-tomcat-2026-101296","summary":"Apache Tomcat: JNDIRealm bind credential validation fails open for non-GSSAPI SASL mechanisms","details":"A missing critical step in authentication vulnerability in Apache Tomcat when the JNDI realm was configured with with a non GSSAPI SASL authentication mechanism allowed attackers to authenticate without providing the correct password.\n\n\n\nThis issue affects Apache Tomcat: from 11.0.0 through 11.0.26, from 10.1.0 through 10.1.60, from 9.0.0 through 9.0.122.\n\n\n\nThe 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, from 7.0.0 through 7.0.109. Other unsupported versions may also be affected.\n\n\n\nUsers are recommended to upgrade to version 11.0.27, 10.1.61 or 9.0.123, which fix the issue.","aliases":["CVE-2026-101296"],"modified":"2026-10-29T10:45:13.052782592Z","published":"2026-10-29T09:01:25.180Z","database_specific":{"cpes":["cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:*:*:*:*:*:maven:*:*"],"severity":"Critical"},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/10/20/26"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/bl52b9go9ckoov8x4v3dt6rkm573cygd"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-101296"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"tomcat","ecosystem":"Bitnami","purl":"pkg:bitnami/tomcat"},"ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"7.0.0"},{"fixed":"9.0.123"},{"introduced":"10.1.0"},{"fixed":"10.1.61"},{"introduced":"11.0.0"},{"fixed":"11.0.27"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/bitnami/vulndb/tree/main/data/tomcat/BIT-tomcat-2026-101296.json"},"severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V4","score":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X"}]}],"schema_version":"1.9.2"}