Apache TomEE up to 10.0.0-M0/10.2.x/11.0.0-M1 Role Resolution privileges management

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A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in Apache TomEE up to 10.0.0-M0/10.2.x/11.0.0-M1. Affected is an unknown function of the component Role Resolution. Such manipulation leads to privileges management. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2026-111247. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Apache TomEE up to 10.0.0-M0/10.2.x/11.0.0-M1. Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality of the component Role Resolution. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

When resolving security roles of a realm-authenticated caller, the caller's user name is also treated as a role name in addition to the roles assigned by the realm. An authenticated attacker who can obtain an account whose user name equals a role name, for example through self-registration, is granted that role wherever authorization is evaluated through the Jakarta Authorization policy. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 10.3.0 or 11.0.0-M2, which fix the issue.

The advisory is shared for download at lists.apache.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2026-111247 since 10/15/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 11/10/2026). The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

Upgrading to version 10.0.0-M1, 10.3.0 or 11.0.0-M2 eliminates this vulnerability.

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• Apache

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• TomEE

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• 10.0
• 10.0.0-M0
• 10.1
• 10.2
• 11.0.0-M1

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• open-source

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• Vendor: https://www.apache.org/

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