CVE-2026-24733CWE-20

Apache Tomcat: Security constraint bypass with HTTP/0.9

Medium · published February 17, 2026

CVSS v3.1
6.5
EPSS
1%
Percentile
45.3
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

Improper Input Validation vulnerability in Apache Tomcat.

Tomcat did not limit HTTP/0.9 requests to the GET method. If a security

constraint was configured to allow HEAD requests to a URI but deny GET

requests, the user could bypass that constraint on GET requests by

sending a (specification invalid) HEAD request using HTTP/0.9.

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.

Older, EOL versions are also affected.

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

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
6.5 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00552 · 45.3th percentile
Weakness
CWE-20 · Improper Input Validation
Published
2026-02-17T18:50Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 17 FEB 18:50Z
    Apache Tomcat: Security constraint bypass with HTTP/0.9
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