What is CVE-2026-65183?
Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition vulnerability in Apache Tomcat when creating unix domain sockets allows an unauthorised local user to access the unix domain socket. This issue affects Apache Tomcat: from 11.0.0-M1 through 11.0.24, from 10.1.0-M1 through 10.1.57, from 9.0.42 through 9.0.120. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 11.0.25, 10.1.58, 9.0.121, which fixes the issue.
The record classifies CVE-2026-65183 under weakness class CWE-367. Its CVSS v3 base vector states that the flaw is reachable remotely over the network, needs no prior authentication, needs no user interaction, and has high impact on confidentiality, integrity, availability. 1 affected-product entry is recorded, across 1 vendor, listed below. The identifier was first published 62 days ago.
Severity and exploitation probability
- CVSS v3.1 base score
- 8.1 — HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - EPSS (FIRST)
- 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 31.9% of all scored CVEs
- CISA KEV
- Not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
- Threadlinqs priority
- 5.3/10 — a Threadlinqs composite of the CVSS base score, the EPSS percentile and public exploit availability
- Published
- 2026-08-25, last modified 2026-08-26
Is CVE-2026-65183 being exploited?
It currently carries a trending score of 31 in the Threadlinqs vulnerability feed.
Affected products and versions
- Apache Software Foundation: Apache Tomcat
How to fix CVE-2026-65183
Vendor advisory: https://lists.apache.org/thread/748o4st6d5dk6n3l7tgzo5yl68gg05c0. Apply the vendor fix referenced above to every affected product listed in this record, then confirm the running version against the vendor advisory.
Threat activity tracking CVE-2026-65183
1 tracked threat in the Threadlinqs corpus references CVE-2026-65183, either in the campaign’s CVE list or as an indicator on the campaign record.
Sources
Enriched from CVE.org, NVD, FIRST EPSS. Last verified by Threadlinqs on . This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.