CVE-2026-88041

HIGH

7.5

CVSS v3

Description

Incomplete cleanup vulnerability in Apache Tomcat allowed an trailer information from a previous request to leak into a subsequent request. This issue affects Apache Tomcat: from 11.0.0-M23 through 11.0.26, from 10.1.27 through 10.1.60, from 9.0.92 through 9.0.122. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 11.0.27, 10.1.61 or 9.0.123, which fix the issue.

CWE-459

How to fix

Remediation Available

tomcat9Debian

Fixed in:9.0.70-2CVE-2026-88041

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Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityNone

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Exploit Intelligence

0.25%probability of exploitation in 30 days

16thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 16% of all known CVEs.

References

Other references2

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-459 vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2017-17090	High	7.5	82%	-	Fix
CVE-2021-39327	Medium	5.3	72%	-	-
CVE-2025-31650	High	7.5	61%	-	Fix
CVE-2022-1552	High	8.8	17%	-	Fix
CVE-2018-18924	High	8.8	9.5%	-	-
CVE-2023-41835	High	7.5	7.3%	-	Fix

Common questions

How do I fix CVE-2026-88041?

Upgrade tomcat9 on debian 12 to 9.0.70-2 or later.

Is CVE-2026-88041 being actively exploited?

Not that we know of. CVE-2026-88041 is not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Its EPSS score of 0.25% is the estimated probability that it will be exploited in the next 30 days. That is higher than 16% of all scored CVEs.

How severe is CVE-2026-88041?

CVE-2026-88041 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5, rated high. CVSS rates the technical impact if the vulnerability is exploited, not how likely that is, so weigh it alongside the exploit-prediction score when you decide what to patch first.

What does CVE-2026-88041 affect?

Published advisories record a fix for tomcat9 (Debian). Only products with a sourced advisory are listed, so treat this as what we can cite rather than a complete inventory.

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-10-29.