CVE-2025-66614

Apache Tomcat: Client certificate verification bypass due to virtual host mapping

State
Published
Severity
7.6 High
Published
Feb 17, 2026
Updated
Mar 24, 2026
Reserved
Dec 5, 2025

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Description

Improper Input Validation vulnerability.

This issue affects Apache Tomcat: from 11.0.0-M1 through 11.0.14, from 10.1.0-M1 through 10.1.49, from 9.0.0-M1 through 9.0.112.

The following versions were EOL at the time the CVE was created but are known to be affected: 8.5.0 through 8.5.100. Older EOL versions are not affected. Tomcat did not validate that the host name provided via the SNI extension was the same as the host name provided in the HTTP host header field. If Tomcat was configured with more than one virtual host and the TLS configuration for one of those hosts did not require client certificate authentication but another one did, it was possible for a client to bypass the client certificate authentication by sending different host names in the SNI extension and the HTTP host header field.

The vulnerability only applies if client certificate authentication is only enforced at the Connector. It does not apply if client certificate authentication is enforced at the web application.

Users are recommended to upgrade to version 11.0.15 or later, 10.1.50 or later or 9.0.113 or later, which fix the issue.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.17.6 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:LCISA-ADP

Weaknesses

  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

Affected Products

ProductVersions
Apache TomcatApache Software Foundation
  • 11.0.0-M1 through 11.0.14Affected
  • 10.1.0-M1 through 10.1.49Affected
  • 9.0.0-M1 through 9.0.112Affected
  • 8.5.0 through 8.5.100Affected
  • before 8.5.0Not affected

References

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