CVE-2026-111257 PUBLISHED

Apache TomEE: Well-known administrative credentials created at startup

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

With the default configuration and no users defined in the default user database, TomEE silently adds an administrative user with a well-known password at startup. A remote attacker can use these credentials to authenticate to web applications that use the default realm and grant access to any authenticated user or to the TomEE administrative role. 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 1.5.1 to 1.7.5 (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
  • Markus Jung remediation developer

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-1392 Use of Default Credentials CWE