# CVE-2026-111239: Apache TomEE: Code execution by any authenticated user via the SSH administration shell

Status: published. Published: 2026-11-10. Updated: 2026-11-11.

The optional SSH administration service grants full access to the administration shell to every user that authenticates against its configured login domain, without checking for an administrative role. An attacker holding the credentials of any user in that domain, including a low-privileged application user, can execute arbitrary code as the server process. Users are recommended to disable the SSH administration service, or to block network access to it from untrusted clients and restrict its login domain to administrative users.

## Remediation

No remediation reported in collected sources

## Affected products and versions

- Apache Software Foundation / Apache TomEE (org.apache.openejb:openejb-ssh): ≥ 4.0.0; ≤ 4.7.5 (affected, semver). Source: CNA: apache
- Apache Software Foundation / Apache TomEE (org.apache.tomee:openejb-ssh): ≥ 7.0.0-M1; < 10.0.0-M1 (affected, semver); ≥ 10.0.0-M1; ≤ 10.2.0 (affected, semver); 11.0.0-M1 (affected, semver). Source: CNA: apache
- Apache Software Foundation / Apache TomEE (org.apache.openejb:openejb-common-cli): ≥ 4.0.0; ≤ 4.7.5 (affected, semver). Source: CNA: apache
- Apache Software Foundation / Apache TomEE (org.apache.tomee:openejb-common-cli): ≥ 7.0.0-M1; < 10.0.0-M1 (affected, semver); ≥ 10.0.0-M1; ≤ 10.2.0 (affected, semver); 11.0.0-M1 (affected, semver). Source: CNA: apache

## Severity and prioritization

- CISA KEV: No listing in collected sources

- EPSS: Not available

- SSVC: exploitation none; automatable no; technical impact total; source ADP: CISA-ADP

- Weaknesses: CWE-862

## Exploit evidence

No exploit evidence in collected sources. This is not proof of no exploitation.

## References

- https://lists.apache.org/thread/wfoxj510yol03lmzbzdftyphwvtq87wg (CNA: apache; vendor-advisory)

- https://lists.apache.org/thread/wfoxj510yol03lmzbzdftyphwvtq87wg (security@apache.org)

## Provenance

- CNA: apache: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-111239; retrieved 2026-11-11; source updated 2026-11-11

- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-111239; retrieved 2026-11-11; source updated 2026-11-11

Revision: bca10f3824bc1ff502b0ad0521a480c9fd0007e47c2d64cfdebd40e86fbebcef

Canonical: https://y2.dev/cve/CVE-2026-111239

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