CVE-2026-24734
tomcat: Apache Tomcat: Certificate revocation bypass due to improper OCSP response validation
Severity
ImportantRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.1
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Published · February 18, 2026
Updated · September 28, 2026
Description
A flaw was found in Apache Tomcat. When an Online Certificate Status Protocol (OCSP) responder is used, the Tomcat Native component, and Tomcat's FFM port of the Tomcat Native code, does not properly verify or check the freshness of the OCSP response. This improper input validation vulnerability could allow an attacker to bypass certificate revocation checks, potentially leading to the acceptance of revoked certificates.
Statement
This vulnerability doesn't affect the Apache Tomcat distributed with Red Hat Enterprise 8 and Red Hat Enterprise up to the version 9.7 as the vulnerable code is not built. The vulnerable code is compiled with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.8 and above.
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.1 · 7.4CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
CWE-295 · Improper Certificate Validation