Apache Tomcat Missing Encryption of Sensitive Data Vulnerability
CVE-2026-34486 Exploited
Apache Tomcat contains a missing encryption of sensitive data vulnerability that allows the bypass of the EncryptInterceptor. This vulnerability can be chained with CVE‑2025‑24813.
Being exploited in the wild
Catalogued 4 August 2026 · US federal remediation deadline 7 August 2026
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Exploit code is also public: Public PoC · Nuclei template
- NucleiApache Tomcat Tribes EncryptInterceptor Bypass - Remote Code Execution
- Public PoCstriga-ai/CVE-2026-3448670 stars
- Public PoCAirSkye/CVE-2026-34486-poc12 stars
- Public PoC404-src/CVE-2026-3448610 stars
- Public PoCrazureink/cve-2026-34486-tomcat_encrypt_bypass_reproduction
- Public PoCCypherHippie/CVE-2026-34486---unauthenticated-RCE-via-Java-deserialization
Assessment
- CVSS
- Not yet scored
- Severity
- Unscored
- Known exploited
- Yes — listed in the CISA KEV catalog
- Exploit availability
- CISA KEV, Public PoC, Nuclei template
- Published
- 4 August 2026
- Last updated
- 4 August 2026
- Affected
- Apache · Tomcat
- Weakness
- CWE-311
At the source
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