Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability in Apache Tomcat during sending of WebSocket close message enabled a DoS attack.



This issue affects Apache Tomcat: from 11.0.0-M5 through 11.0.25, from 10.1.8 through 10.1.59, from 9.0.74 through 9.0.121.



The following versions were EOL at the time the CVE was created but are
known to be affected: from 8.5.88 through 8.5.100. Other unsupported versions may also be affected.




Users are recommended to upgrade to version 11.0.26, 10.1.60 or 9.0.122, which fix the issue.

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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

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{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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Description Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability in Apache Tomcat during sending of WebSocket close message enabled a DoS attack. This issue affects Apache Tomcat: from 11.0.0-M5 through 11.0.25, from 10.1.8 through 10.1.59, from 9.0.74 through 9.0.121. The following versions were EOL at the time the CVE was created but are known to be affected: from 8.5.88 through 8.5.100. Other unsupported versions may also be affected. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 11.0.26, 10.1.60 or 9.0.122, which fix the issue.
Title Apache Tomcat: DoS via busy wait during WebSocket close
Weaknesses CWE-400
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apache

Published:

Updated: 2026-09-23T18:10:44.739Z

Reserved: 2026-08-21T12:38:02.420Z

Link: CVE-2026-77791

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-09-23T12:45:13.588Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-09-23T12:17:06.927

Modified: 2026-09-23T19:19:19.043

Link: CVE-2026-77791

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Updated: 2026-09-23T15:30:07Z

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