CVE•Published 2026-06-29•Modified 2026-07-02•1 article on news•4 live references•NVD data
CVE-2026-50229Apache · Tomcat
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
6.1
MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
EPSS percentile
9
Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 91% of all CVEs
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.
Timeline
Published 2026-06-29
Modified 2026-07-02
External references
Search for exposed instances
Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).
Shodan · vuln tag128 hosts
vuln:CVE-2026-50229Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.
Shodan · product
product:"Apache Tomcat"All exposed Apache Tomcat instances — cross-reference with the CVE's affected-version range.
Shodan · banner/body mention
http.html:"Tomcat"HTTP body or banner mentions "Tomcat" — catches deploys Shodan didn't identify as a product.
More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2026-50229Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2026-50229Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2026-50229Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2026-50229GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2026-50229" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.