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new 5eaee2271c Require the request to the FORM login action to use HTTP
POST
5eaee2271c is described below
commit 5eaee2271c7bd8c4fdadb77e42bc74f1884f8596
Author: Mark Thomas <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Fri Sep 4 16:44:48 2026 +0100
Require the request to the FORM login action to use HTTP POST
---
java/org/apache/catalina/authenticator/FormAuthenticator.java | 4 ++++
webapps/docs/changelog.xml | 4 ++++
2 files changed, 8 insertions(+)
diff --git a/java/org/apache/catalina/authenticator/FormAuthenticator.java
b/java/org/apache/catalina/authenticator/FormAuthenticator.java
index eca8ce4296..bdc5e72396 100644
--- a/java/org/apache/catalina/authenticator/FormAuthenticator.java
+++ b/java/org/apache/catalina/authenticator/FormAuthenticator.java
@@ -215,6 +215,10 @@ public class FormAuthenticator extends AuthenticatorBase {
// Is this the action request from the login page?
boolean loginAction = requestURI.startsWith(contextPath) &&
requestURI.endsWith(Constants.FORM_ACTION);
+ if (loginAction && !Method.POST.equals(request.getMethod())) {
+ response.sendError(HttpServletResponse.SC_BAD_REQUEST);
+ return AuthenticationResult.FAILED;
+ }
LoginConfig config = context.getLoginConfig();
diff --git a/webapps/docs/changelog.xml b/webapps/docs/changelog.xml
index d54476c095..101a94bbed 100644
--- a/webapps/docs/changelog.xml
+++ b/webapps/docs/changelog.xml
@@ -324,6 +324,10 @@
Handle CGI scripts that write excessively to stdout after setting an
HTTP error status code. (schultz)
</fix>
+ <fix>
+ Require the request to the login action during FORM authentication to
be
+ made using HTTP POST. (markt)
+ </fix>
</changelog>
</subsection>
<subsection name="Coyote">
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