CLIENT_CERT authentication does not fail as expected for some scenarios when soft fail is disabled and FFM is used in Apache Tomcat.

This issue affects Apache Tomcat: from 11.0.0-M14 through 11.0.20, from 10.1.22 through 10.1.53, from 9.0.92 through 9.0.116.

Users are recommended to upgrade to version 11.0.21, 10.1.54 or 9.0.117, which fixes the issue.

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Description CLIENT_CERT authentication does not fail as expected for some scenarios when soft fail is disabled and FFM is used in Apache Tomcat. This issue affects Apache Tomcat: from 11.0.0-M14 through 11.0.20, from 10.1.22 through 10.1.53, from 9.0.92 through 9.0.116. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 11.0.21, 10.1.54 or 9.0.117, which fixes the issue.
Title Apache Tomcat: OCSP checks sometimes soft-fail with FFM even when soft-fail is disabled
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apache

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Updated: 2026-04-09T19:36:52.857Z

Reserved: 2026-03-30T08:34:56.185Z

Link: CVE-2026-34500

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Status : Received

Published: 2026-04-09T20:16:25.330

Modified: 2026-04-09T20:16:25.330

Link: CVE-2026-34500

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