CVE-2026-74048

Publication date 20 October 2026

Last updated 30 October 2026

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

6.5 · Medium

Score breakdown

Description

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.

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
tomcat6 26.10 stonking Not in release
26.04 LTS resolute Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty
Needs evaluation
tomcat7 26.10 stonking Not in release
26.04 LTS resolute Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial
Needs evaluation
14.04 LTS trusty
Needs evaluation
tomcat8 26.10 stonking Not in release
26.04 LTS resolute Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Needs evaluation
16.04 LTS xenial
Needs evaluation
tomcat9 26.10 stonking
Needs evaluation
26.04 LTS resolute
Needs evaluation
24.04 LTS noble
Needs evaluation
22.04 LTS jammy
Needs evaluation
20.04 LTS focal
Needs evaluation
18.04 LTS bionic
Needs evaluation
tomcat10 26.10 stonking
Needs evaluation
26.04 LTS resolute
Needs evaluation
24.04 LTS noble
Needs evaluation
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
tomcat11 26.10 stonking
Needs evaluation
26.04 LTS resolute
Needs evaluation
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release

Notes

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xenial tomcat6 only builds libservlet2.5-java, not the Tomcat server binaries bionic tomcat7 only builds libservlet3.0-java, not the Tomcat server binaries xenial tomcat6 only builds libservlet2.5-java, not the Tomcat server binaries bionic tomcat7 only builds libservlet3.0-java, not the Tomcat server binaries xenial tomcat6 only builds libservlet2.5-java, not the Tomcat server binaries bionic tomcat7 only builds libservlet3.0-java, not the Tomcat server binaries

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 6.5 · Medium

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

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