CVE-2026-34500

Apache Tomcat: OCSP checks sometimes soft-fail with FFM even when soft-fail is disabled

Medium · published April 9, 2026

CVSS v3.1
6.5
EPSS
0%
Percentile
38.2
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

CLIENT_CERT authentication does not fail as expected for some scenarios when soft fail is disabled and FFM is used in Apache Tomcat.

This issue affects Apache Tomcat: from 11.0.0-M14 through 11.0.20, from 10.1.22 through 10.1.53, from 9.0.92 through 9.0.116.

Users are recommended to upgrade to version 11.0.21, 10.1.54 or 9.0.117, which fixes the issue.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
6.5 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00450 · 38.2th percentile
Published
2026-04-09T19:36Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 09 APR 19:36Z
    Apache Tomcat: OCSP checks sometimes soft-fail with FFM even when soft-fail is disabled
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