CVE-2026-50229

Improper Neutralization of Script-Related HTML Tags in a Web Page (Basic XSS) vulnerability in the number guess example for Apache Tomcat. This issue affects Apache Tomcat: from 11.0.0-M1 through 11.0.22, from 10.1.0-M1 through 10.1.55, from 9.0.0.M1 through 9.0.118, from 8.5.0 through 8.5.100, from 7.0.0 through 7.0.109. Other versions that have reached end of support may also be affected. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 11.0.23, 10.1.56 or 9.0.119, which fix the issue.

CVSS v3 6.1 MEDIUM

6.1^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 2.7

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact LOW

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact NONE

Scope CHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://lists.apache.org/thread/wlt2no8bw45zl1w8byop4zfqphldf5j0	Vendor Advisory Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/06/29/20	Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

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History

02 Jul 2026, 19:24

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CPE		cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat::::::::
First Time		Apache tomcat Apache
References	~~() https://lists.apache.org/thread/wlt2no8bw45zl1w8byop4zfqphldf5j0 -~~	() https://lists.apache.org/thread/wlt2no8bw45zl1w8byop4zfqphldf5j0 - Vendor Advisory, Mailing List
References	~~() http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/06/29/20 -~~	() http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/06/29/20 - Third Party Advisory

30 Jun 2026, 13:19

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CVSS	v2 : ~~unknown~~ v3 : ~~unknown~~	v2 : unknown v3 : 6.1

29 Jun 2026, 23:16

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References		() http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/06/29/20 -

29 Jun 2026, 21:16

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New CVE

Information

Published : 2026-06-29 21:16

Updated : 2026-07-02 19:24

NVD link : CVE-2026-50229

Mitre link : CVE-2026-50229

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-50229

JSON object : View

Products Affected

apache

tomcat

CWE

CWE-80

Improper Neutralization of Script-Related HTML Tags in a Web Page (Basic XSS)

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