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[SECURITY] CVE-2026-77756 Apache Tomcat - Transfer-Encoding honored for HTTP/1.0 requests

CVE-2026-77756 Apache Tomcat - Transfer-Encoding honored for HTTP/1.0 
requests

Severity: Low

Vendor: The Apache Software Foundation

Versions Affected:
Apache Tomcat 11.0.0-M1 to 11.0.25
Apache Tomcat 10.1.0-M1 to 10.1.59
Apache Tomcat 9.0.47 to 9.0.121

Description:
Processing the transfer-encoding header for an HTTP/1.0 request may 
allow an attacker to cause one request from another user to fail when 
Tomcat is located behind a reverse proxy.

Mitigation:
Users of the affected versions should apply one of the following
mitigations:
- Remove the examples web application
- Upgrade to Apache Tomcat 11.0.26
- Upgrade to Apache Tomcat 10.1.60
- Upgrade to Apache Tomcat 9.0.122

History:
2026-09-23 Original advisory

References:
[1] https://tomcat.apache.org/security-11.html
[2] https://tomcat.apache.org/security-10.html
[3] https://tomcat.apache.org/security-9.html













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[UPDATE][SECURITY] CVE-2026-77756 Apache Tomcat - Transfer-Encoding honored for HTTP/1.0 requests

Posted by Mark Thomas via dev <de...@tomcat.apache.org>.
CVE-2026-77756 Apache Tomcat - Transfer-Encoding honored for HTTP/1.0 
requests

Severity: Low

Vendor: The Apache Software Foundation

Versions Affected:
Apache Tomcat 11.0.0-M1 to 11.0.25
Apache Tomcat 10.1.0-M1 to 10.1.59
Apache Tomcat 9.0.47 to 9.0.121

Description:
Processing the transfer-encoding header for an HTTP/1.0 request may 
allow an attacker to cause one request from another user to fail when 
Tomcat is located behind a reverse proxy.

Mitigation:
Users of the affected versions should apply one of the following
mitigations:
- Upgrade to Apache Tomcat 11.0.26
- Upgrade to Apache Tomcat 10.1.60
- Upgrade to Apache Tomcat 9.0.122

History:
2026-09-28 Correction. Removing the examples app is not a mitigation
2026-09-23 Original advisory

References:
[1] https://tomcat.apache.org/security-11.html
[2] https://tomcat.apache.org/security-10.html
[3] https://tomcat.apache.org/security-9.html

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[UPDATE][SECURITY] CVE-2026-77756 Apache Tomcat - Transfer-Encoding honored for HTTP/1.0 requests

Posted by Mark Thomas <ma...@apache.org>.
CVE-2026-77756 Apache Tomcat - Transfer-Encoding honored for HTTP/1.0 
requests

Severity: Low

Vendor: The Apache Software Foundation

Versions Affected:
Apache Tomcat 11.0.0-M1 to 11.0.25
Apache Tomcat 10.1.0-M1 to 10.1.59
Apache Tomcat 9.0.47 to 9.0.121

Description:
Processing the transfer-encoding header for an HTTP/1.0 request may 
allow an attacker to cause one request from another user to fail when 
Tomcat is located behind a reverse proxy.

Mitigation:
Users of the affected versions should apply one of the following
mitigations:
- Upgrade to Apache Tomcat 11.0.26
- Upgrade to Apache Tomcat 10.1.60
- Upgrade to Apache Tomcat 9.0.122

History:
2026-09-28 Correction. Removing the examples app is not a mitigation
2026-09-23 Original advisory

References:
[1] https://tomcat.apache.org/security-11.html
[2] https://tomcat.apache.org/security-10.html
[3] https://tomcat.apache.org/security-9.html













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[UPDATE][SECURITY] CVE-2026-77756 Apache Tomcat - Transfer-Encoding honored for HTTP/1.0 requests

Posted by Mark Thomas <ma...@apache.org>.
CVE-2026-77756 Apache Tomcat - Transfer-Encoding honored for HTTP/1.0 
requests

Severity: Low

Vendor: The Apache Software Foundation

Versions Affected:
Apache Tomcat 11.0.0-M1 to 11.0.25
Apache Tomcat 10.1.0-M1 to 10.1.59
Apache Tomcat 9.0.47 to 9.0.121

Description:
Processing the transfer-encoding header for an HTTP/1.0 request may 
allow an attacker to cause one request from another user to fail when 
Tomcat is located behind a reverse proxy.

Mitigation:
Users of the affected versions should apply one of the following
mitigations:
- Upgrade to Apache Tomcat 11.0.26
- Upgrade to Apache Tomcat 10.1.60
- Upgrade to Apache Tomcat 9.0.122

History:
2026-09-28 Correction. Removing the examples app is not a mitigation
2026-09-23 Original advisory

References:
[1] https://tomcat.apache.org/security-11.html
[2] https://tomcat.apache.org/security-10.html
[3] https://tomcat.apache.org/security-9.html













[UPDATE][SECURITY] CVE-2026-77756 Apache Tomcat - Transfer-Encoding honored for HTTP/1.0 requests

Posted by Mark Thomas <ma...@apache.org>.
CVE-2026-77756 Apache Tomcat - Transfer-Encoding honored for HTTP/1.0 
requests

Severity: Low

Vendor: The Apache Software Foundation

Versions Affected:
Apache Tomcat 11.0.0-M1 to 11.0.25
Apache Tomcat 10.1.0-M1 to 10.1.59
Apache Tomcat 9.0.47 to 9.0.121

Description:
Processing the transfer-encoding header for an HTTP/1.0 request may 
allow an attacker to cause one request from another user to fail when 
Tomcat is located behind a reverse proxy.

Mitigation:
Users of the affected versions should apply one of the following
mitigations:
- Upgrade to Apache Tomcat 11.0.26
- Upgrade to Apache Tomcat 10.1.60
- Upgrade to Apache Tomcat 9.0.122

History:
2026-09-28 Correction. Removing the examples app is not a mitigation
2026-09-23 Original advisory

References:
[1] https://tomcat.apache.org/security-11.html
[2] https://tomcat.apache.org/security-10.html
[3] https://tomcat.apache.org/security-9.html













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[UPDATE][SECURITY] CVE-2026-77756 Apache Tomcat - Transfer-Encoding honored for HTTP/1.0 requests

Posted by Mark Thomas via users <us...@tomcat.apache.org>.
CVE-2026-77756 Apache Tomcat - Transfer-Encoding honored for HTTP/1.0 
requests

Severity: Low

Vendor: The Apache Software Foundation

Versions Affected:
Apache Tomcat 11.0.0-M1 to 11.0.25
Apache Tomcat 10.1.0-M1 to 10.1.59
Apache Tomcat 9.0.47 to 9.0.121

Description:
Processing the transfer-encoding header for an HTTP/1.0 request may 
allow an attacker to cause one request from another user to fail when 
Tomcat is located behind a reverse proxy.

Mitigation:
Users of the affected versions should apply one of the following
mitigations:
- Upgrade to Apache Tomcat 11.0.26
- Upgrade to Apache Tomcat 10.1.60
- Upgrade to Apache Tomcat 9.0.122

History:
2026-09-28 Correction. Removing the examples app is not a mitigation
2026-09-23 Original advisory

References:
[1] https://tomcat.apache.org/security-11.html
[2] https://tomcat.apache.org/security-10.html
[3] https://tomcat.apache.org/security-9.html

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[UPDATE][SECURITY] CVE-2026-77756 Apache Tomcat - Transfer-Encoding honored for HTTP/1.0 requests

Posted by Mark Thomas <ma...@apache.org>.
CVE-2026-77756 Apache Tomcat - Transfer-Encoding honored for HTTP/1.0 
requests

Severity: Low

Vendor: The Apache Software Foundation

Versions Affected:
Apache Tomcat 11.0.0-M1 to 11.0.25
Apache Tomcat 10.1.0-M1 to 10.1.59
Apache Tomcat 9.0.47 to 9.0.121

Description:
Processing the transfer-encoding header for an HTTP/1.0 request may 
allow an attacker to cause one request from another user to fail when 
Tomcat is located behind a reverse proxy.

Mitigation:
Users of the affected versions should apply one of the following
mitigations:
- Upgrade to Apache Tomcat 11.0.26
- Upgrade to Apache Tomcat 10.1.60
- Upgrade to Apache Tomcat 9.0.122

History:
2026-09-28 Correction. Removing the examples app is not a mitigation
2026-09-23 Original advisory

References:
[1] https://tomcat.apache.org/security-11.html
[2] https://tomcat.apache.org/security-10.html
[3] https://tomcat.apache.org/security-9.html