Apache Tomcat, Apache Tomcat Native: OCSP checks sometimes soft-fail even when soft-fail is disabled
CLIENT_CERT authentication does not fail as expected for some scenarios when soft fail is disabled vulnerability in Apache Tomcat, Apache Tomcat Native. This issue affects Apache Tomcat: from 11.0.0 through 11.0.18, from 10.1.0 through 10.1.52, from 9.0.83 through 9.0.115; Apache Tomcat Native: from 1.1.23 through 1.1.34, from 1.2.0 through 1.2.39, from 1.3.0 through 1.3.6, from 2.0.0 through 2.0.13. Users are recommended to upgrade to version Tomcat Native 1.3.7 or 2.0.14 and Tomcat 11.0.20, 10.1.53 and 9.0.116, which fix the issue.
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
15 explicit affected versions
123 explicit affected versions
63 explicit affected versions
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
CLIENT_CERT authentication does not fail as expected for some scenarios when soft fail is disabled vulnerability in Apache Tomcat, Apache Tomcat Native. This issue affects Apache Tomcat: from 11.0.0-M1 through 11.0.18, from 10.1.0-M7 through 10.1.52, from 9.0.83 through 9.0.115; Apache Tomcat Native: from 1.1.23 through 1.1.34, from 1.2.0 through 1.2.39, from 1.3.0 through 1.3.6, from 2.0.0 through 2.0.13. Users are recommended to upgrade to version Tomcat Native 1.3.7 or 2.0.14 and Tomcat 11.0.20, 10.1.53 and 9.0.116, which fix the issue.
CLIENT_CERT authentication does not fail as expected for some scenarios when soft fail is disabled vulnerability in Apache Tomcat, Apache Tomcat Native. This issue affects Apache Tomcat: from 11.0.0 through 11.0.18, from 10.1.0 through 10.1.52, from 9.0.83 through 9.0.115; Apache Tomcat Native: from 1.1.23 through 1.1.34, from 1.2.0 through 1.2.39, from 1.3.0 through 1.3.6, from 2.0.0 through 2.0.13. Users are recommended to upgrade to version Tomcat Native 1.3.7 or 2.0.14 and Tomcat 11.0.20, 10.1.53 and 9.0.116, which fix the issue.
CLIENT_CERT authentication does not fail as expected for some scenarios when soft fail is disabled vulnerability in Apache Tomcat, Apache Tomcat Native. This issue affects Apache Tomcat: from 11.0.0-M1 through 11.0.18, from 10.1.0-M7 through 10.1.52, from 9.0.83 through 9.0.115; Apache Tomcat Native: from 1.1.23 through 1.1.34, from 1.2.0 through 1.2.39, from 1.3.0 through 1.3.6, from 2.0.0 through 2.0.13. Users are recommended to upgrade to version Tomcat Native 1.3.7 or 2.0.14 and Tomcat 11.0.20, 10.1.53 and 9.0.116, which fix the issue.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/04/09/23
- https://github.com/apache/tomcat
- https://github.com/apache/tomcat/commit/721591f7bff424c693f26adc18ae9b9abac3655b
- https://github.com/apache/tomcat/commit/d1406df5ae0326f39f54c3f64ac30d8fca55cd5b
- https://github.com/apache/tomcat/commit/fe26667cd2385045ac73f4dea086cc9971209b90
- https://lists.apache.org/thread/yz5fxmhd2j43wgqykssdo7kltws57jfz
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-29145
- https://tomcat.apache.org/security-10.html#Fixed_in_Apache_Tomcat_10.1.53
- https://tomcat.apache.org/security-11.html#Fixed_in_Apache_Tomcat_11.0.20
- https://tomcat.apache.org/security-9.html#Fixed_in_Apache_Tomcat_9.0.116
- https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/29xxx/CVE-2026-29145.json