CVE-2026-79677CWE-1025CWE-772

CVE-2026-79677

High · published September 23, 2026

CVSS v3.1
7.5
EPSS
0%
Percentile
24.0
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

Missing release of resource after effective lifetime, Comparison using wrong factors vulnerability in Apache Tomcat allows a denial of service as a result of lost time outs for asynchronous WebSocket writes.

This issue affects Apache Tomcat: from 11.0.0-M1 through 11.0.25, from 10.1.0-M1 through 10.1.59, from 9.0.0.M1 through 9.0.121.

The following versions were EOL at the time the CVE was created but are known to be affected: from 8.5.0 through 8.5.100, from 7.0.43 through 7.0.109. Other unsupported versions may also be affected.

Users are recommended to upgrade to version 11.0.26, 10.1.60 or 9.0.122, which fix the issue.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.5 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00322 · 24.0th percentile
Weaknesses
CWE-1025 · Comparison Using Wrong Factors; CWE-772 · Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime
Published
2026-09-23T16:17Z
References (2)
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 25 SEP 03:27Z
    EPSS moved — → 0%
    epss
  • 23 SEP 11:28Z
    Apache Tomcat: WebSocket DoS due to lost asynchronous write timeout
    cvelistv5