{"id":"CVE-2026-97874","aliases":["EUVD-2026-121156","GHSA-x44x-8w4q-hxjr"],"status":"published","title":"Apache TomEE: Authentication bypass for Hessian endpoints in non-root web applications","description":"When Hessian remoting is configured with BASIC authentication, the authentication check is not applied to Hessian endpoints of applications deployed under a non-root context path. A remote unauthenticated attacker can invoke the exposed EJB methods without credentials. Users are recommended to block network access to Hessian endpoints from untrusted clients, or to migrate to another remoting protocol.","facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-287"],"published":"2026-11-10T15:33:58Z","modified":"2026-11-10T18:31:50Z","products":[{"vendor":"apache software foundation","product":"apache tomee"}],"references":[{"url":"https://lists.apache.org/thread/jl8dn3bdz52n8126gvc85nddprkwjhmq","tags":["vendor-advisory"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-97874"},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-x44x-8w4q-hxjr"}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2026-97874","title":"Apache TomEE: Authentication bypass for Hessian endpoints in non-root web applications","description":"When Hessian remoting is configured with BASIC authentication, the authentication check is not applied to Hessian endpoints of applications deployed under a non-root context path. A remote unauthenticated attacker can invoke the exposed EJB methods without credentials. Users are recommended to block network access to Hessian endpoints from untrusted clients, or to migrate to another remoting protocol.","status":"published","published":"2026-11-10T15:33:58.193Z","modified":"2026-11-10T15:33:58.193Z","cwes":["CWE-287"],"updated_at":"2026-11-10T16:39:24.782787Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2026-121156","description":"When Hessian remoting is configured with BASIC authentication, the authentication check is not applied to Hessian endpoints of applications deployed under a non-root context path. A remote unauthenticated attacker can invoke the exposed EJB methods without credentials. Users are recommended to block network access to Hessian endpoints from untrusted clients, or to migrate to another remoting protocol.","status":"published","published":"2026-11-10T15:33:58Z","modified":"2026-11-10T15:33:58Z","updated_at":"2026-11-10T20:23:11.002314Z"}],"ghsa":[{"id":"GHSA-x44x-8w4q-hxjr","title":"When Hessian remoting is configured with BASIC authentication, the authentication check is not...","description":"When Hessian remoting is configured with BASIC authentication, the authentication check is not applied to Hessian endpoints of applications deployed under a non-root context path. A remote unauthenticated attacker can invoke the exposed EJB methods without credentials. Users are recommended to block network access to Hessian endpoints from untrusted clients, or to migrate to another remoting protocol.","status":"published","published":"2026-11-10T18:31:43Z","modified":"2026-11-10T18:31:50Z","cwes":["CWE-287"],"updated_at":"2026-11-10T18:56:09.96527Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2026-97874","description":"When Hessian remoting is configured with BASIC authentication, the authentication check is not applied to Hessian endpoints of applications deployed under a non-root context path. A remote unauthenticated attacker can invoke the exposed EJB methods without credentials. Users are recommended to block network access to Hessian endpoints from untrusted clients, or to migrate to another remoting protocol.","status":"published","published":"2026-11-10T16:17:26.56Z","modified":"2026-11-10T16:17:26.56Z","cwes":["CWE-287"],"updated_at":"2026-11-10T18:20:10.790002Z"}]}}