high Known exploitedREV. 01

CVE-2026-34486Apache Tomcat — EncryptInterceptor bypass exposes cluster traffic

Apache Tomcat 11.0.20, 10.1.53 and 9.0.116 ship an incomplete fix for CVE-2026-29146 that lets a remote, unauthenticated attacker bypass the EncryptInterceptor, leaving data it should protect unencrypted and readable. Exploited in the wild; can be chained with CVE-2025-24813.

YOUR NEXT MOVE

Upgrade Tomcat to 11.0.21, 10.1.54 or 9.0.117 now; this is in CISA KEV, so treat exposed instances as compromised and review for chaining with CVE-2025-24813.

Read the risk

THE VITAL STATS
CVSS score
7.5/ 10
CVSS v3.1
EPSS probability
99%
Likelihood of exploitation
Attack complexity
Low
Conditions needed to exploit
Known exploited
Yes — CISA KEV
CVE published
2026-04-09
Added to KEV
2026-08-04
Exploit published
Not recorded
Confidence
medium
Kill chain
initial access
MITRE ATT&CK
T1190
Severity
high

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

Attacker needsNetwork access to a Tomcat 11.0.20, 10.1.53 or 9.0.116 instance that relies on the EncryptInterceptor; no credentials or user interaction needed.

Fixed inApache Tomcat 11.0.21, Apache Tomcat 10.1.54, Apache Tomcat 9.0.117

Behind the card

5 REFERENCES
Field-level provenanceTRACE THE SOURCES +

Which source supports each field, when it was retrieved, and who extracted it.

FieldsSourceRetrievedExtractorConfidence
cvss, exploitation.attack_complexity, exploitation.exploit_available, references, published_atnvd.nist.gov2026-09-22scrty-crds-pipeline/0.1high
exploitation.known_exploited, exploitation.kev_addedcisa.gov2026-09-22scrty-crds-pipeline/0.1high
epssapi.first.org2026-09-22scrty-crds-pipeline/0.1high
title, summary, severity, remediation, mitre_attack, kill_chain, recommended_action, confidence, tags, exploitation.prerequisitesnvd.nist.gov2026-09-22claude-codehigh

Printing history

THE RECORD
  1. r1Initial base card

First printing. This card has not been reprinted since publication.

crds:cve-2026-34486 · CRDS 0.1 · Issued 2026-09-22