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CVE-2023-21967 Oracle Java SE

Affected softwareOracle Java SE
Affected versionsOracle Java SE: 8u361, 8u361-perf, 11.0.18, 17.0.6, 20; Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition: 20.3.9, 21.3.5, 22.3.1
Severity5.9 Medium CVSS 3.1
Fixed inOracle Critical Patch Update April 2023
Published18 Apr 2023
Updated17 Jun 2026

Description

Vulnerability in the Oracle Java SE, Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition product of Oracle Java SE (component: JSSE). Supported versions that are affected are Oracle Java SE: 8u361, 8u361-perf, 11.0.18, 17.0.6, 20; Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition: 20.3.9, 21.3.5 and 22.3.1. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via HTTPS to compromise Oracle Java SE, 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 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 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 5.9 (Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H).

Exploitation status

No public exploit

No exploit has been reported in the sources we check. Published 3 years ago.

  • CISA KEV not listed
  • VulnCheck KEV not listed
  • CISA Vulnrichment exploitation: none
  • Indexed PoC none indexed
  • EPSS 1.5% 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.

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.

Affected software and releases

Oracle advisories

AdvisoryTypeQuarterProducts Oracle names in its risk matrix
Oracle Critical Patch Update April 2023 ↗ CPU 2023-Q2 Oracle Java SE / JSSE (Oracle Java SE: 8u361, 8u361-perf, 11.0.18, 17.0.6, 20; Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition: 20.3.9, 21.3.5, 22.3.1)
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 JSSE Oracle Java SE: 8u361, 8u361-perf, 11.0.18, 17.0.6, 20; Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition: 20.3.9, 21.3.5, 22.3.1 8.0.361.0 · 11.0.18.0 · 17.0.6.0 · 20.0.0.0 · 20.3.9.0 · 21.3.5.0 · 22.3.1.0

Products and versions

10 products, 91 version entries
SourceVendorProductSchemeAffected versions
nvd debian debian linux generic 10.0 · 11.0 · 12.0
nvd netapp 7-mode transition tool generic any version
nvd netapp brocade san navigator generic any version
nvd netapp cloud insights acquisition unit generic any version
nvd netapp cloud insights storage workload security agent generic any version
nvd netapp oncommand insight generic any version
nvd oracle graalvm javase 20.3.9 · 21.3.5 · 22.3.1
nvd oracle jdk javase 1.8.0:update361 · 11.0.18 · 17.0.6 · 20
nvd oracle jre javase 1.8.0:update361 · 11.0.18 · 17.0.6 · 20
nvd oracle openjdk javase 8 · < 8.0.0.0 · 8:milestone1 · 8:milestone2 · 8:milestone3 · 8:milestone4 · 8:milestone5 · 8:update5 · 8:milestone6 · 8:milestone7 · 8:milestone8 · 8:milestone9 · 8:update11 · 8:update20 · 8:update25 · 8:update31 · 8:update40 · 8:update45 · 8:update51 · 8:update60 · 8:update65 · 8:update66 · 8:update71 · 8:update72 · 8:update73 · 8:update74 · 8:update77 · 8:update91 · 8:update92 · 8:update101 · 8:update102 · 8:update111 · 8:update112 · 8:update121 · 8:update131 · 8:update141 · 8:update151 · 8:update152 · 8:update161 · 8:update162 · 8:update171 · 8:update172 · 8:update181 · 8:update191 · 8:update192 · 8:update201 · 8:update202 · 8:update211 · 8:update212 · 8:update221 · 8:update222 · 8:update231 · 8:update232 · 8:update241 · 8:update242 · 8:update252 · 8:update262 · 8:update271 · 8:update281 · 8:update282 · 8:update291 · 8:update301 · 8:update302 · 8:update312 · 8:update322 · 8:update332 · 8:update342 · 8:update352 · 8:update362 · ≥ 11.0.0.0 and ≤ 11.0.18.0 · ≥ 17.0.0.0 and ≤ 17.0.6.0 · 20

References

URLTags
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:1875 ADVISORY, RHSA-2023:1875
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-21967 REPORT, RHSA-2023:1875
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:1877 ADVISORY, RHSA-2023:1877
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:1878 ADVISORY, RHSA-2023:1878
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:1879 ADVISORY, RHSA-2023:1879
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:1880 ADVISORY, RHSA-2023:1880
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:1889 ADVISORY, RHSA-2023:1889
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:1890 ADVISORY, RHSA-2023:1890
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:1891 ADVISORY, RHSA-2023:1891
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:1892 ADVISORY, RHSA-2023:1892

Timeline

Published2023-04-18By the CVE Program.
NVD record modified2026-06-17NVD's own last-modified date for this record.