CVE-2026-111256 PUBLISHED

Apache TomEE: Missing authentication for web service endpoints in embedded HTTP server

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

When JAX-WS or JAX-RS endpoints are published by the embedded OpenEJB HTTP server rather than Tomcat, some configured authentication methods are silently ignored and the endpoint is published without authentication. A remote unauthenticated attacker can invoke the exposed operations without credentials. Only deployments that use the embedded HTTP server and rely on such an authentication method are affected. Users are recommended to block network access to the embedded HTTP server from untrusted clients, or to migrate to the Tomcat based TomEE distributions.

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 4.6.0 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 10.2.0 (incl.)
  • Version 11.0.0-M1 is affected
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 10.2.0 (incl.)
  • Version 11.0.0-M1 is affected

Credits

  • The Apache Software Foundation finder
  • Claude Security tool
  • Markus Jung remediation developer

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-306 Missing Authentication for Critical Function CWE