CVE-2026-21945

State
Published
Severity
7.5 High
Published
Jan 20, 2026
Updated
Jul 31, 2026
Reserved
Jan 5, 2026

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Description

Vulnerability in the Oracle Java SE, Oracle GraalVM for JDK, Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition product of Oracle Java SE (component: Security). Supported versions that are affected are Oracle Java SE: 8u471, 8u471-b50, 8u471-perf, 11.0.29, 17.0.17, 21.0.9, 25.0.1; Oracle GraalVM for JDK: 17.0.17 and 21.0.9; Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition: 21.3.16. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via multiple protocols to compromise Oracle Java SE, Oracle GraalVM for JDK, Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS) of Oracle Java SE, Oracle GraalVM for JDK, Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition. Note: This vulnerability applies to Java deployments, typically in clients running sandboxed Java Web Start applications or sandboxed Java applets, that load and run untrusted code (e.g., code that comes from the internet) and rely on the Java sandbox for security. This vulnerability does not apply to Java deployments, typically in servers, that load and run only trusted code (e.g., code installed by an administrator). CVSS 3.1 Base Score 7.5 (Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H).

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.17.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Horacle
3.17.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hredhat-SADP

Weaknesses

  • CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
  • CWE-295 Improper Certificate Validation

Affected Products

ProductVersions
Oracle Java SEOracle Corporation
  • 8u471Affected
  • 8u471-b50Affected
  • 8u471-perfAffected
  • 11.0.29Affected
  • 17.0.17Affected
  • 21.0.9Affected
  • 25.0.1Affected
Oracle GraalVM for JDKOracle Corporation
  • 17.0.17Affected
  • 21.0.9Affected
Oracle GraalVM Enterprise EditionOracle Corporation
  • 21.3.16Affected

References

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