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CVE-2026-42498 is a high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.3. No known exploits currently, and patches are available.
Very low probability of exploitation
EPSS predicts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days based on real-world threat data, complementing CVSS severity scores with actual risk assessment.
Versions Affected: Apache Tomcat 11.0.0-M1 to 11.0.21 Apache Tomcat 10.1.0-M1 to 10.1.54 Apache Tomcat 9.0.2 to 9.0.117 Older, unsupported versions may also be affected
Description: If a WebSocket request was redirected after authentication, Tomcat's WebSocket client would present the most recent authentication header to the redirect target host.
Mitigation: Users of the affected versions should apply one of the following mitigations:
Credit: This issue was identified by lokerxx
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| Apache | Tomcat |
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