Medium severity6.1NVD Advisory· Published Jun 29, 2026· Updated Jul 2, 2026
CVE-2026-50229
CVE-2026-50229
Description
Improper Neutralization of Script-Related HTML Tags in a Web Page (Basic XSS) vulnerability in the number guess example for Apache Tomcat.
This issue affects Apache Tomcat: from 11.0.0-M1 through 11.0.22, from 10.1.0-M1 through 10.1.55, from 9.0.0.M1 through 9.0.118, from 8.5.0 through 8.5.100, from 7.0.0 through 7.0.109. Other versions that have reached end of support may also be affected.
Users are recommended to upgrade to version 11.0.23, 10.1.56 or 9.0.119, which fix the issue.
Affected products
10- osv-coords7 versionspkg:bitnami/tomcatpkg:rpm/opensuse/tomcat&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/tomcat&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/opensuse/tomcat10&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/tomcat10&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/opensuse/tomcat11&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/tomcat11&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweed
< 9.0.101+ 6 more
- (no CPE)range: < 9.0.101
- (no CPE)range: < 9.0.119-160000.1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.0.119-1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 10.1.56-160000.1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 10.1.56-1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 11.0.23-160000.1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 11.0.23-1.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
2- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/06/29/20nvdThird Party Advisory
- lists.apache.org/thread/wlt2no8bw45zl1w8byop4zfqphldf5j0nvdVendor AdvisoryMailing List
News mentions
1- Apache Software Foundation: 21 Vulnerabilities Across Multiple Products Disclosed in Early July 2026Vypr Intelligence · Jul 3, 2026