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CVE-2022-21496 Oracle Java SE

Affected softwareOracle Java SE
Affected versionsOracle Java SE: 7u331, 8u321, 11.0.14, 17.0.2, 18; Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition: 20.3.5, 21.3.1, 22.0.0.2
Severity5.3 Medium CVSS 3.1 3 scores
Fixed inOracle Critical Patch Update April 2022
Published19 Apr 2022
Updated17 Jun 2026

Description

Vulnerability in the Oracle Java SE, Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition product of Oracle Java SE (component: JNDI). Supported versions that are affected are Oracle Java SE: 7u331, 8u321, 11.0.14, 17.0.2, 18; Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition: 20.3.5, 21.3.1 and 22.0.0.2. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via multiple protocols to compromise Oracle Java SE, Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized update, insert or delete access to some of Oracle Java SE, Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition accessible data. 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 can also be exploited by using APIs in the specified Component, e.g., through a web service which supplies data to the APIs. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 5.3 (Integrity impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N).

Exploitation status

No public exploit

No exploit has been reported in the sources we check. Published 4 years ago.

  • CISA KEV not listed
  • VulnCheck KEV not listed
  • CISA Vulnrichment exploitation: none
  • Indexed PoC none indexed
  • EPSS 2.8% chance in 30 days

Waratek protection

No exploit published

Within Waratek scope. In the sources we check, nobody has published exploit code for this CVE or reported it being exploited.

This is a proprietary Oracle product. Oracle's security advisory is the source of public detail for this CVE.

  • Protection none
  • Action not pursued
  • Review human Researcher
  • Record active
Decided by Manual classification of this CVE in the legacy dataset
Finding A manual classification set this CVE's status to No source fix or exploit.

CVSS

5.3 MEDIUM v3.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N 3 metrics

We show the highest score from the newest CVSS version. Scores from different versions can't be compared, and the first score listed is sometimes a 0.0 placeholder.

VersionScoreBandVectorAssignerType
CVSS 3.1 5.3 MEDIUM CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N secalert_us@oracle.com Secondary published
CVSS 3.1 5.3 MEDIUM CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N NVD Primary
CVSS 2.0 5.0 none AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N NVD Primary

Affected software and releases

Oracle advisories

AdvisoryTypeQuarterProducts Oracle names in its risk matrix
Oracle Critical Patch Update April 2022 ↗ CPU 2022-Q2 Oracle Java SE / JNDI (Oracle Java SE: 7u331, 8u321, 11.0.14, 17.0.2, 18; Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition: 20.3.5, 21.3.1, 22.0.0.2)
Oracle's 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 can also be exploited by using APIs in the specified Component, e.g., through a web service which supplies data to the APIs.

Oracle components and versions

FamilyComponentVersions, as Oracle lists themRead as
Oracle Java SE JNDI Oracle Java SE: 7u331, 8u321, 11.0.14, 17.0.2, 18; Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition: 20.3.5, 21.3.1, 22.0.0.2 7.0.331.0 · 8.0.321.0 · 11.0.14.0 · 17.0.2.0 · 18.0.0.0 · 20.3.5.0 · 21.3.1.0 · 22.0.0.0

Products and versions

16 products, 29 version entries
SourceVendorProductSchemeAffected versions
nvd azul zulu generic 6.45 · 7.52 · 8.60 · 11.54 · 13.46 · 15.38 · 17.32 · 18.28
nvd debian debian linux generic 9.0
nvd netapp active iq unified manager generic any version
nvd netapp bootstrap os generic any version
nvd netapp cloud insights acquisition unit generic any version
nvd netapp cloud secure agent generic any version
nvd netapp e-series santricity os controller generic ≥ 11.0.0 and ≤ 11.70.1
nvd netapp e-series santricity storage manager generic any version
nvd netapp e-series santricity web services generic any version
nvd netapp element software generic any version
nvd netapp hci management node generic any version
nvd netapp oncommand insight generic any version
nvd netapp santricity unified manager generic any version
nvd netapp solidfire generic any version
nvd oracle graalvm javase 20.3.5 · 21.3.1 · 22.0.0.2
nvd oracle java se javase 7u331 · 8u321 · 11.0.14 · 17.0.2 · 18

References

URLTags
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:1440 ADVISORY, RHSA-2022:1440
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-21496 REPORT, RHSA-2022:1440
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:1441 ADVISORY, RHSA-2022:1441
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:1442 ADVISORY, RHSA-2022:1442
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:1443 ADVISORY, RHSA-2022:1443
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:1444 ADVISORY, RHSA-2022:1444
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:1445 ADVISORY, RHSA-2022:1445
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:1487 ADVISORY, RHSA-2022:1487
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:1488 ADVISORY, RHSA-2022:1488
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:1489 ADVISORY, RHSA-2022:1489

Timeline

Published2022-04-19By the CVE Program.
NVD record modified2026-06-17NVD's own last-modified date for this record.