CVE-2026-50229 Apache Tomcat - XXS in number guess example
Severity: Low
Vendor: The Apache Software Foundation
Versions Affected:
Apache Tomcat 11.0.0-M1 to 11.0.22
Apache Tomcat 10.1.0-M1 to 10.1.55
Apache Tomcat 9.0.0.M1 to 9.0.118
Older, unsupported versions may also be affected
Description:
The use of wild card property mapping resulted in some properties, that
were intended to be internal only, being exposed to clients allowing an
XSS attack.
Mitigation:
Users of the affected versions should apply one of the following
mitigations:
- Upgrade to Apache Tomcat 11.0.23 or later
- Upgrade to Apache Tomcat 10.1.56 or later
- Upgrade to Apache Tomcat 9.0.119 or later
Credit:
This issue was identified by:
- Erichen, Institute of Computing Technology, Chinese Academy of
Sciences
- Yashar Shahinzadeh
- Amirmohammad Safari
History:
2026-06-29 Original advisory
References:
[1] https://tomcat.apache.org/security-11.html
[2] https://tomcat.apache.org/security-10.html
[3] https://tomcat.apache.org/security-9.html
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