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CVE-2026-74048

Apache Tomcat: OpenSSL-FFM FIPS failure does not prevent start-up

No known exploitation. EPSS puts it in the 14th percentile. No fix published yet.

CVSS —Not scoredEPSS percentile14th0.2% chance in 30 daysCISA KEVNot listedNo confirmed exploitation
No public exploit knownFixNone yetNo fix or workaround published

Published Updated Sources: CVE.org, NVD

NVD CVE.org

What to do

No fixed build or workaround is published yet. Limit exposure and watch for a patch.

  • Apache Software Foundation Apache TomcatAffected: ≥ 11.0.0-M14, ≤ 11.0.26Upgrade to: after 11.0.26Affected: ≥ 10.1.22, ≤ 10.1.60Upgrade to: after 10.1.60Affected: ≥ 9.0.92, ≤ 9.0.122Upgrade to: after 9.0.122Stated by: CVE record

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What it is

From the CVE record

Not Failing Securely ('Failing Open') vulnerability in Apache Tomcat. If the OpenSSLLifecycleListener is configured to use FIPS mode but FIPS activation fails, Tomcat logs and error but continues to use JSSE in non-FIPS mode with the provided configuration. This issue affects Apache Tomcat: from 11.0.0-M14 through 11.0.26, from 10.1.22 through 10.1.60, from 9.0.92 through 9.0.122. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 11.0.27, 10.1.61 or 9.0.123, which fix the issue.

In plain language

No plain-language summary for this CVE yet.

Exploitation

Where each signal puts this CVE on the scale from published to confirmed exploited.

EPSS14th
CISA KEV

Not in the catalog. CISA has not confirmed exploitation.

Public exploits

No public exploit or proof of concept found in the sources we track.

EPSS

0.2% chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the 14th percentile of scored CVEs.

Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST.org. A probability, not a confirmation.

Lifecycle

4 events over 0 days, from the signal feeds we watch.

  1. Publishedweakness classified, record updated, record updated

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Technical detail

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Sources

References in the record

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