CVE-2026-111245 (GCVE-0-2026-111245)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-11-10 15:24 – Updated: 2026-11-10 15:24
VLAI
Title
Apache TomEE: Privilege escalation via WS-Security caller identity leaking between requests
Summary
After a successful WS-Security UsernameToken authentication, the caller identity stays associated with the worker thread once the request completes when web services are served by the standalone OpenEJB HTTP server. A remote unauthenticated attacker whose request is later processed on the same thread can invoke protected EJB methods with the identity of a previously authenticated user. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 10.3.0 or 11.0.0-M2, which fix the issue.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • CWE-488 - Exposure of Data Element to Wrong Session
Assigner
apache CNA
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Apache Software Foundation Apache TomEE Affected: 4.0.0-beta-1 , ≤ 4.7.5 (semver)
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Apache Software Foundation Apache TomEE Affected: 7.0.0-M1 , < 10.0.0-M1 (semver)
Affected: 10.0.0-M1 , < 10.3.0 (semver)
Affected: 11.0.0-M1 , < 11.0.0-M2 (semver)
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Credits
The Apache Software Foundation Claude Security Richard Zowalla
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