CVE-2026-29146
Medium
Elevated severity or exploit probability.
CVSS base
7.5
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS — probability of exploitation (30 days)
8.9%
95.0th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness / dates
CWE-1240
Published 2026-04-09 · modified 2026-08-04
CVSS breakdown
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
| Attack Vector | N | Network |
| Attack Complexity | L | Low |
| Privileges Required | N | None |
| User Interaction | N | None |
| Scope | U | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | H | High |
| Integrity | N | None |
| Availability | N | None |
Timeline
- 2026-04-09 — Published (NVD)
- 2026-08-04 — Last modified (NVD)
Description
Padding Oracle vulnerability in Apache Tomcat's EncryptInterceptor with default configuration. This issue affects Apache Tomcat: from 11.0.0-M1 through 11.0.18, from 10.0.0-M1 through 10.1.52, from 9.0.13 through 9..115, from 8.5.38 through 8.5.100, from 7.0.100 through 7.0.109. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 11.0.19, 10.1.53 and 9.0.116, which fixes the issue.
Affected
References
- https://lists.apache.org/thread/lzt04z2pb3dc5tk85obn80xygw3z1p0w
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/04/09/24
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:20405
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:20406
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:36787
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:36788
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:36789
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:36790
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:36876
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:36877
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:36878
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:36879
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:37136
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:37137
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:38505
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:39188
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:39189
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-29146
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2457020
- https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-29146.json