{"id":"CVE-2026-43514","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2026-43514","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T03:38:30.962Z","title":"Observable Timing Discrepancy vulnerability when comparing AJP secret in Apache Tomcat.","description":"Observable Timing Discrepancy vulnerability when comparing AJP secret in Apache Tomcat.\n\nThis issue affects Apache Tomcat: from 11.0.0-M1 through 11.0.21, from 10.1.0-M1 through 10.1.54, from 9.0.0.M1 through 9.0.117, from 8.5.0 through 8.5.100, from 7.0.0 through 7.0.109.\nOlder unsupported versions may also be affected.\n\nUsers are recommended to upgrade to version 11.0.22, 10.1.55 or 9.0.118 which fix the issue.","published":"2026-05-12T16:16:18.000Z","lastModified":"2026-10-26T18:10:00.000Z","status":"Analyzed","sourceIdentifier":"security@apache.org","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":3.7,"severity":"LOW","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-208"],"affected":["apache/tomcat"],"epss":{"score":0.00352,"percentile":0.28631,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.35%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://lists.apache.org/thread/2k654v5cq123npfsd1b2kk1y30owqb1m","tags":["Mailing List","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"security@apache.org"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/12/10","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-43514","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}