CVE-2026-41293
Published: 12 May 2026
Summary
CVE-2026-41293 is a critical-severity Improper Input Validation (CWE-20) vulnerability in Apache Tomcat. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).
Operationally, ranked at the 36.3th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Threat & Defense Details
Likely Mitigating ControlsAI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Security testing and developer training directly verify and enforce proper input validation, reducing exploitability of injection and malformed-data weaknesses.
Security testing and evaluation at multiple SDLC stages directly detects missing or flawed input validation, with the required remediation process ensuring fixes are applied.
Directly implements checks on information inputs to reject invalid data before processing.
Spam protection mechanisms perform filtering and detection on inbound/outbound messages, directly compensating for missing or weak input validation of unsolicited content.
NVD Description
Improper Input Validation vulnerability in Apache Tomcat. This 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 10.0.0-M1 through 10.0.27. Older, end of support versions may also be affected. Users are recommended…
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to upgrade to version [FIXED_VERSION], which fixes the issue.
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