/Vulnerability Library

Apache Tomcat - Cross-Site Scripting

CVE-2026-50229
Verified

Description

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.

Severity

Medium

Exploit Probability

4%

Affected Product

tomcat

Published Date

July 7, 2026

Template Author

yshahinzadeh, amirmsafari

CVE-2026-50229.yaml
5.0Severity

CVSS Metrics

CVE ID:
cve-2026-50229
CWE ID:
cwe-80

References

https://lists.apache.org/thread/wlt2no8bw45zl1w8byop4zfqphldf5j0https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-50229https://tomcat.apache.org/security-11.htmlhttps://www.herodevs.com/vulnerability-directory/cve-2026-50229

Remediation Steps

Upgrade to versions 11.0.23, 10.1.56, or 9.0.119 or later.