`CVE-2022-21549` Oracle Java SE

Affected software	Oracle Java SE
Affected versions	Oracle Java SE: 17.0.3.1; Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition: 21.3.2, 22.1.0
Severity	5.3 Medium CVSS 3.1
Fixed in	Oracle Critical Patch Update July 2022
Weakness	Deserialization of untrusted data (CWE-502)
Published	19 Jul 2022
Updated	17 Jun 2026

Description

Vulnerability in the Oracle Java SE, Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition product of Oracle Java SE (component: Libraries). Supported versions that are affected are Oracle Java SE: 17.0.3.1; Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition: 21.3.2 and 22.1.0. 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 2.5% 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.

A public code fix exists.

Protection none
Action unverified
Review automated Upstream data
Record active

Decided by	Exploit code for this candidate, published in a reviewed catalogue or a GitHub repository with 5 or more stars, or in use per CISA or VulnCheck; not only a CISA verdict, a forecast, or nothing at all
Finding	This CVE is not listed in CISA KEV or VulnCheck KEV, CISA Vulnrichment records no active exploitation, no reviewed exploit catalogue carries an entry for it, and no GitHub PoC repository for it has 5 or more stars. Nobody has published exploit code worth tracing, so it is not a candidate for a rule ahead of the ones where somebody has; an upstream fix path does exist, so the remediation half of the candidacy still holds. This is a statement about what has been published, not about whether the defect is reachable or serious.
Candidate fix	https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-21549 : a Red Hat CVE page: the weakest kind, naming no commit, though it shows Red Hat has looked at the CVE

Decided by

Exploit code for this candidate, published in a reviewed catalogue or a GitHub repository with 5 or more stars, or in use per CISA or VulnCheck; not only a CISA verdict, a forecast, or nothing at all

Finding

This CVE is not listed in CISA KEV or VulnCheck KEV, CISA Vulnrichment records no active exploitation, no reviewed exploit catalogue carries an entry for it, and no GitHub PoC repository for it has 5 or more stars. Nobody has published exploit code worth tracing, so it is not a candidate for a rule ahead of the ones where somebody has; an upstream fix path does exist, so the remediation half of the candidacy still holds. This is a statement about what has been published, not about whether the defect is reachable or serious.

Candidate fix

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-21549 : a Red Hat CVE page: the weakest kind, naming no commit, though it shows Red Hat has looked at the CVE

Affected software and releases

Oracle advisories

Advisory	Type	Quarter	Products Oracle names in its risk matrix
Oracle Critical Patch Update July 2022 ↗	CPU	2022-Q3	Oracle Java SE / Libraries (Oracle Java SE: 17.0.3.1; Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition: 21.3.2, 22.1.0) 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.

Advisory

Type

Quarter

Products Oracle names in its risk matrix

Oracle Critical Patch Update July 2022 ↗

CPU

2022-Q3

Oracle Java SE / Libraries (Oracle Java SE: 17.0.3.1; Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition: 21.3.2, 22.1.0)
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

Family	Component	Versions, as Oracle lists them	Read as
Oracle Java SE	Libraries	Oracle Java SE: 17.0.3.1; Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition: 21.3.2, 22.1.0	17.0.3.0 · 21.3.2.0 · 22.1.0.0

Family

Component

Versions, as Oracle lists them

Read as

Oracle Java SE

Libraries

Oracle Java SE: 17.0.3.1; Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition: 21.3.2, 22.1.0

17.0.3.0 · 21.3.2.0 · 22.1.0.0

Products and versions

14 products, 16 version entries

Source	Vendor	Product	Scheme	Affected versions
nvd	azul	zulu	generic	17.34
nvd	debian	debian linux	generic	11.0
nvd	fedoraproject	fedora	generic	35 · 36
nvd	netapp	7-mode transition tool	generic	any version
nvd	netapp	active iq unified manager	generic	any version
nvd	netapp	cloud insights acquisition unit	generic	any version
nvd	netapp	cloud secure agent	generic	any version
nvd	netapp	hci compute node	generic	any version
nvd	netapp	hci management node	generic	any version
nvd	netapp	oncommand insight	generic	any version
nvd	netapp	solidfire	generic	any version
nvd	oracle	graalvm	javase	21.3.2 · 22.1.0
nvd	oracle	jdk	javase	17.0.3.1
nvd	oracle	jre	javase	17.0.3.1

Source

Vendor

Product

Scheme

Affected versions

nvd

azul

zulu

generic

17.34

nvd

debian

debian linux

generic

11.0

nvd

fedoraproject

fedora

generic

35 · 36

nvd

netapp

7-mode transition tool

generic

any version

nvd

netapp

active iq unified manager

generic

any version

nvd

netapp

cloud insights acquisition unit

generic

any version

nvd

netapp

cloud secure agent

generic

any version

nvd

netapp

hci compute node

generic

any version

nvd

netapp

hci management node

generic

any version

nvd

netapp

oncommand insight

generic

any version

nvd

netapp

solidfire

generic

any version

nvd

oracle

graalvm

javase

21.3.2 · 22.1.0

nvd

oracle

jdk

javase

17.0.3.1

nvd

oracle

jre

javase

17.0.3.1

References

URL	Tags
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-21549	redhat-cve
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:5726	ADVISORY, RHSA-2022:5726
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:5736	ADVISORY, RHSA-2022:5736
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NQICCJXXAYMCCXOO24R4W7Q3RSKCYDMX/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UKJCLA2GDNF4B7ZRKORQ2TIR56AHJ4VC/
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-25
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220729-0009/	Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5192	Third Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html	Patch, Vendor Advisory

URL

Timeline

Published	2022-07-19	By the CVE Program.
NVD record modified	2026-06-17	NVD's own last-modified date for this record.

Published

2022-07-19

By the CVE Program.

NVD record modified

2026-06-17

NVD's own last-modified date for this record.

How VRT decided (19 of 24 rules ran)

19 of 24 rules ran. The rest didn't run because an earlier rule had already settled the CVE.

# Rule Outcome Status Detail

identity: Does this identifier describe a vulnerability at all? the first rule that matches decides

1 rejected no match CVE Program withdrawal of this identifier

scope: Is it a vulnerability Waratek protects? the first rule that matches decides

2 armr-patch-file no match An ARMR patch file on disk for this CVE

3 armr-secure-rule-file no match An ARMR security-rule template on disk for this CVE

4 manual-classification no match A researcher's recorded decision for this specific CVE

5 manual classification no match Manual classification of this CVE in the legacy dataset

6 non-java-upstream no match A root cause in non-Java code: an OS kernel, a C library, or a bundled runtime

7 oracle-component no match The defect being in a component of a tracked product the agent does not reach: JavaFX, the Java SE installer, the JInitiator browser plug-in, the native WebLogic proxy plug-in, or a native part of Oracle Application Server or Collaboration Suite (HTTP Server, Web Cache, Internet Directory, mail and calendar servers). Oracle gives these no CPE of their own and names them only in the description.

8 java-client-side no match Oracle's own risk-matrix note saying the CVE is reached only through untrusted code in the Java sandbox (applets, Web Start) or only through a client installation of Java, so a server running its own trusted code is not exposed

9 osv-maven no match An OSV.dev record of this CVE affecting a package published to Maven Central. When every such package is one business applications do not use (Minecraft mods and launchers, Fastjson) and no tracked product is named by CPE, it settles the CVE as Outside Waratek scope instead

10 cna-maven-package no match An affected Maven artifact named by the CNA itself

11 known-cpe-product matched In scope Matches known products: oracle/graalvm, oracle/jdk, oracle/jre, azul/zulu

12 cna-cpe-product not reached A CPE the CNA published naming a tracked product. Oracle publishes these on advisory day, months before NVD.

13 oracle-advisory-family not reached A tracked product family named in Oracle's own risk matrix. CPE cannot carry a suite name, only a module.

14 cna-named-product not reached A tracked product named in words by the CVE's own CNA, on a record with no CPE yet. Apache and Eclipse publish these on advisory day, before NVD adds CPE data.

15 non-deployable-product not reached The only affected product being a sealed appliance image, where Java runs but no -javaagent can be attached

16 unmatched-product not reached No tracked product matched above, and none present at all

disposition: What do we do about one that is? every rule runs

17 patch-hint matched Mitigation candidate References include candidate fix URL (redhat-cve tier): https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-21549 (from RHSA-2022:5726)

18 open-source-maven skipped The affected package being open source on Maven, so the fix can be read

19 poc-derivable skipped An indexed exploit clearing the evidence bar to reverse-engineer, where there is no source to read

20 no-exploit skipped Nothing to build a rule from yet: no published exploit, no CISA record of exploitation and no source-level change to read

21 secure-rule-match withheld CWE-502 assigned only by CISA-ADP enrichment and not corroborated by the CVE description — not promoted on that label alone.

22 exploited-no-fix-or-poc skipped Somebody exploiting this CVE (a CISA or VulnCheck KEV listing, or a CISA verdict of active exploitation), with no fix, source code or PoC to build a rule from

23 below-action-threshold withheld CVE ships in Oracle Critical Patch Update July 2022 (CPU) — Oracle treats it as urgent, so severity does not settle it

24 no-exploit-published decided it matched No exploit published No exploit code has been published, and an upstream fix path does exist, so the remediation half of the candidacy still holds.

Products the scope rules checked

The products this CVE's record names, and whether VRT tracks each one. The scope rules decided on these.

Vendor Product Tracked CPE Source

oracle graalvm tracked cpe:2.3:a:oracle:graalvm:21.3.2:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* yaml

oracle jdk tracked cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jdk:17.0.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* yaml

oracle jre tracked cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jre:17.0.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* yaml

azul zulu tracked cpe:2.3:a:azul:zulu:17.34:*:*:*:*:*:*:* yaml

fedoraproject fedora not tracked cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:35:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

debian debian_linux not tracked cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

netapp 7-mode_transition_tool not tracked cpe:2.3:a:netapp:7-mode_transition_tool:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

netapp active_iq_unified_manager not tracked cpe:2.3:a:netapp:active_iq_unified_manager:-:*:*:*:*:vmware_vsphere:*:*

netapp cloud_insights_acquisition_unit not tracked cpe:2.3:a:netapp:cloud_insights_acquisition_unit:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

netapp cloud_secure_agent not tracked cpe:2.3:a:netapp:cloud_secure_agent:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

netapp hci_management_node not tracked cpe:2.3:a:netapp:hci_management_node:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

netapp oncommand_insight not tracked cpe:2.3:a:netapp:oncommand_insight:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

netapp solidfire not tracked cpe:2.3:a:netapp:solidfire:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

netapp hci_compute_node not tracked cpe:2.3:h:netapp:hci_compute_node:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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