CVE-2026-29146 — Information Exposure via Error Message in Software Foundation Apache Tomcat

CWE-209 — Information Exposure via Error MessageCWE-642 — External Control of Critical State DataCWE-1240 — Use of a Cryptographic Primitive with a Risky ImplementationCWE-807 — Reliance on Untrusted Inputs in a Security DecisionCWE-311 — Missing Encryption of Sensitive Data12 documents8 sources
Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.1%
top 71.55%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
Apache Software Foundation Apache Tomcat
Timeline
PublishedApr 9
Latest updateApr 10

Description

Padding Oracle vulnerability in Apache Tomcat's EncryptInterceptor with default configuration. This issue affects Apache Tomcat: from 11.0.0-M1 through 11.0.18, from 10.0.0-M1 through 10.1.52, from 9.0.13 through 9..115, from 8.5.38 through 8.5.100, from 7.0.100 through 7.0.109. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 11.0.19, 10.1.53 and 9.0.116, which fixes the issue.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:NExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages1 packages

▶CVEListV5apache_software_foundation/apache_tomcat11.0.0-M1 — 11.0.18+4

🔴Vulnerability Details

5
VulDB
Apache Tomcat up to 7.0.109/8.5.100/9.0.115/10.1.52/11.0.18 EncryptInterceptor reliance on obfuscation or encryption of security-relevant inputs without integrity checking↗2026-04-09
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GHSA
GHSA-h468-7pvh-8vr8: Padding Oracle vulnerability in Apache Tomcat's EncryptInterceptor with default configuration↗2026-04-09
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CVEList
Apache Tomcat: EncryptInterceptor vulnerable to padding oracle attack by default↗2026-04-09
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GHSA
Apache Tomcat: Padding Oracle vulnerability in EncryptInterceptor↗2026-04-09
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GHSA
Apache Tomcat Missing Encryption of Sensitive Data vulnerability↗2026-04-09
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Red Hat
Apache Tomcat: Apache Tomcat: Information disclosure via Padding Oracle vulnerability in EncryptInterceptor↗2026-04-09
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Red Hat
Apache Tomcat: Apache Tomcat: Missing Encryption of Sensitive Data due to EncryptInterceptor bypass↗2026-04-09
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Apache
Apache tomcat: CVE-2026-29146↗
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💬Community

3
Bugzilla
CVE-2026-29146 tomcat: Apache Tomcat: Information disclosure via Padding Oracle vulnerability in EncryptInterceptor [fedora-all]↗2026-04-10
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Bugzilla
CVE-2026-34486 Apache Tomcat: Apache Tomcat: Missing Encryption of Sensitive Data due to EncryptInterceptor bypass↗2026-04-09
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Bugzilla
CVE-2026-29146 Apache Tomcat: Apache Tomcat: Information disclosure via Padding Oracle vulnerability in EncryptInterceptor↗2026-04-09
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