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CVE-2026-41081

Improper Handling of TLS Client Authentication Failure Leading to Anonymous Principal Assignment in Apache Storm Versions Affected: up to 2.8.7 Description: When TLS transport is enabled in Apache Storm without requiring client certificate authentication (the default configuration), the TlsTransportPlugin assigns a fallback principal (CN=ANONYMOUS) if no client certificate is presented or if certificate verification fails. The underlying SSLPeerUnverifiedException is caught and suppressed rath

Lifecycle PUBLISHED1 preserved revisionFact urn:baitaphish:canonical-cve-fact-revision:v2:de66d3e410f2a4f516fc7f799cbcb54556e78296da4c87ecdaf056b6302da2c7

Known exploited

Not asserted

Disputed

Stale source

Conflicts

Affected products and versions

1 source assertion

{"collectionURL":"https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/","defaultStatus":"unaffected","packageName":"org.apache.storm:storm-client","product":"Apache Storm Client","vendor":"Apache Software Foundation","versions":[{"lessThan":"2.8.7","status":"affected","version":"0","versionType":"semver"}]}

cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
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Provider-owned CVSS observations

1 source assertion

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cve_program_cvelist_v5cvss
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CWE assertions

1 source assertion

{"cweId":"CWE-287","description":"CWE-287 Improper Authentication","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}

cve_program_cvelist_v5cwe
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Source references

2 source assertions

{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/04/25/3"}

cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
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{"tags":["vendor-advisory"],"url":"https://lists.apache.org/thread/plxx5l29dvplk5rwzdcq53rdfl6v4gs8"}

cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
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Attribution and limitations

CVE Program CVEList V5: Reproduce the MITRE copyright designation and CVE license in copies. Source →

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