Cluster session-data compromise via undocumented cipher constraints
Published Jul 14, 2026 · Updated Jul 14, 2026
Insufficient documentation in Apache Tomcat allows remote attackers to compromise session data through insecure EncryptInterceptor settings. The published guidance failed to state that replay protection works only with non-malleable encryption and that CBC, CFB, and OFB modes have security weaknesses. Exposure requires the optional clustering interceptor and a malleable cipher; attackers able to reach cluster traffic can replay or alter session messages, affecting confidentiality and integrity.
Summary
What happened
Insufficient documentation in Apache Tomcat allows remote attackers to compromise session data through insecure EncryptInterceptor settings. The published guidance failed to state that replay protection works only with non-malleable encryption and that CBC, CFB, and OFB modes have security weaknesses. Exposure requires the optional clustering interceptor and a malleable cipher; attackers able to reach cluster traffic can replay or alter session messages, affecting confidentiality and integrity.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-59084
- Published
- Jul 14, 2026
- Updated
- Jul 14, 2026
- Vendor
- The Apache Software Foundation
- Product
- Apache Tomcat
- Classifications
- CWE-1059, T1565.002
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
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- Jul 14, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jul 14, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=10.1.0-M1 <=10.1.56
- Affected versionversion=11.0.0-M1 <=11.0.23
- Affected versionversion=7.0.100 <=7.0.109
- Affected versionversion=8.5.38 <=8.5.100
- Affected versionversion=9.0.13 <=9.0.119
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