Red Hat Security Advisory: tomcat9 security update
Red Hat has issued a security advisory for tomcat9 addressing two vulnerabilities related to the EncryptInterceptor component. These include an information disclosure vulnerability via a Padding Oracle attack (CVE-2026-29146) and a missing encryption of sensitive data due to an EncryptInterceptor bypass (CVE-2026-34486). The advisory rates the security impact as Important and provides updated packages to remediate these issues in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.0 Extended Update Support. No CVSS scores are provided in the advisory.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
This advisory covers two security vulnerabilities in Apache Tomcat's EncryptInterceptor: CVE-2026-29146, which allows information disclosure through a Padding Oracle vulnerability, and CVE-2026-34486, which involves missing encryption of sensitive data due to an EncryptInterceptor bypass. Red Hat has released updated tomcat9 packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.0 Extended Update Support to address these issues. The vulnerabilities are rated as Important by Red Hat Product Security. The advisory references fixes in tomcat9 version 9.0.87-6.el10_0 and provides links for applying the update.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation of CVE-2026-29146 could lead to information disclosure via a Padding Oracle attack on the EncryptInterceptor component. CVE-2026-34486 allows bypassing encryption of sensitive data, potentially exposing confidential information. Both vulnerabilities affect the confidentiality of data processed by the affected Tomcat component. No known exploits in the wild have been reported at the time of the advisory.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released updated tomcat9 packages (version 9.0.87-6.el10_0) for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.0 Extended Update Support that address these vulnerabilities. Users should apply the provided security update as detailed in the Red Hat advisory article https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. No additional mitigation steps are specified or required beyond applying the official update.
Red Hat Security Advisory: tomcat9 security update
Description
Red Hat has issued a security advisory for tomcat9 addressing two vulnerabilities related to the EncryptInterceptor component. These include an information disclosure vulnerability via a Padding Oracle attack (CVE-2026-29146) and a missing encryption of sensitive data due to an EncryptInterceptor bypass (CVE-2026-34486). The advisory rates the security impact as Important and provides updated packages to remediate these issues in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.0 Extended Update Support. No CVSS scores are provided in the advisory.
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Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
This advisory covers two security vulnerabilities in Apache Tomcat's EncryptInterceptor: CVE-2026-29146, which allows information disclosure through a Padding Oracle vulnerability, and CVE-2026-34486, which involves missing encryption of sensitive data due to an EncryptInterceptor bypass. Red Hat has released updated tomcat9 packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.0 Extended Update Support to address these issues. The vulnerabilities are rated as Important by Red Hat Product Security. The advisory references fixes in tomcat9 version 9.0.87-6.el10_0 and provides links for applying the update.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation of CVE-2026-29146 could lead to information disclosure via a Padding Oracle attack on the EncryptInterceptor component. CVE-2026-34486 allows bypassing encryption of sensitive data, potentially exposing confidential information. Both vulnerabilities affect the confidentiality of data processed by the affected Tomcat component. No known exploits in the wild have been reported at the time of the advisory.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released updated tomcat9 packages (version 9.0.87-6.el10_0) for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.0 Extended Update Support that address these vulnerabilities. Users should apply the provided security update as detailed in the Red Hat advisory article https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. No additional mitigation steps are specified or required beyond applying the official update.
Technical Details
- Gcve Source
- db.gcve.eu
- Csaf Category
- csaf_security_advisory
- Csaf Version
- 2.0
- Publisher
- Red Hat Product Security
- Advisory Id
- RHSA-2026:36789
- Cve Count
- 2
- Additional Cves
- ["CVE-2026-34486"]
- Cvss Version
- null
Threat ID: 6a4f6c1068715ace43153761
Added to database: 07/09/2026, 09:38:24 UTC
Last enriched: 07/09/2026, 09:41:04 UTC
Last updated: 07/10/2026, 02:47:18 UTC
Views: 4
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