A missing critical step in authentication vulnerability in Apache Tomcat when the JNDI realm was configured with with a non GSSAPI SASL authentication mechanism allowed attackers to authenticate without providing the correct password.

This issue affects Apache Tomcat: from 11.0.0 through 11.0.26, from 10.1.0 through 10.1.60, from 9.0.0 through 9.0.122.

The following versions were EOL at the time the CVE was created but are known to be affected: from 8.5.0 through 8.5.100, from 7.0.0 through 7.0.109. Other unsupported versions may also be affected.

Users are recommended to upgrade to version 11.0.27, 10.1.61 or 9.0.123, which fix the issue.