CVE-2026-111245 PUBLISHED

Apache TomEE: Privilege escalation via WS-Security caller identity leaking between requests

Assigner: apache
Reserved: 15.10.2026 Published: 10.11.2026 Updated: 10.11.2026

After a successful WS-Security UsernameToken authentication, the caller identity stays associated with the worker thread once the request completes when web services are served by the standalone OpenEJB HTTP server. A remote unauthenticated attacker whose request is later processed on the same thread can invoke protected EJB methods with the identity of a previously authenticated user. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 10.3.0 or 11.0.0-M2, which fix the issue.

Product Status

Vendor Apache Software Foundation
Product Apache TomEE
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 4.0.0-beta-1 to 4.7.5 (incl.)
Vendor Apache Software Foundation
Product Apache TomEE
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 7.0.0-M1 to 10.0.0-M1 (excl.)
  • affected from 10.0.0-M1 to 10.3.0 (excl.)
  • affected from 11.0.0-M1 to 11.0.0-M2 (excl.)

Credits

  • The Apache Software Foundation finder
  • Claude Security tool
  • Richard Zowalla remediation developer

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-488 Exposure of Data Element to Wrong Session CWE