{"id":"CVE-2026-79677","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2026-79677","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T03:28:04.329Z","title":"Missing release of resource after effective lifetime, Comparison using wrong factors vulnerability in Apache Tomcat allows a denial of service as a result of lost time outs for asynchronous WebSocket writes.","description":"Missing release of resource after effective lifetime, Comparison using wrong factors vulnerability in Apache Tomcat allows a denial of service as a result of lost time outs for asynchronous WebSocket writes.\n\n\n\nThis issue affects Apache Tomcat: from 11.0.0-M1 through 11.0.25, from 10.1.0-M1 through 10.1.59, from 9.0.0.M1 through 9.0.121.\n\n\n\nThe following versions were EOL at the time the CVE was created but are known to be affected: from 8.5.0 through 8.5.100, from 7.0.43 through 7.0.109. Other unsupported versions may also be affected.\n\n\n\nUsers are recommended to upgrade to version 11.0.26, 10.1.60 or 9.0.122, which fix the issue.","published":"2026-09-23T12:17:08.000Z","lastModified":"2026-09-23T19:19:28.000Z","status":"Awaiting Analysis","sourceIdentifier":"security@apache.org","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":7.5,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-772","CWE-1025"],"affected":[],"epss":{"score":0.00422,"percentile":0.36293,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[{"date":"2026-09-24","score":0.00322,"percentile":0.22556}]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.42%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[{"kind":"scored","label":"Newly scored","at":"2026-09-23T19:00:09.000Z","detail":{"from":null,"score":"7.5","severity":"HIGH","fromSeverity":null},"summary":"Now scored CVSS 7.5 HIGH."},{"kind":"new","label":"New CVE","at":"2026-09-23T12:17:08.000Z","detail":{"score":null,"severity":null,"publishedAt":"2026-09-23T12:17:07.593Z"},"summary":"New CVE, high severity (CVSS 7.5)."}],"references":[{"url":"https://lists.apache.org/thread/bzwps6ck4szf2hmksbbon3syyl9qnkv8","source":"security@apache.org"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/09/23/27","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-79677","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."}