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CVE-2023-21986 Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition

Affected softwareOracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition
Affected versionsOracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition: 20.3.9, 21.3.5, 22.3.1
Severity5.7 Medium CVSS 3.1
Fixed inOracle Critical Patch Update April 2023
Published18 Apr 2023
Updated17 Jun 2026

Description

Vulnerability in the Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition product of Oracle Java SE (component: Native Image). Supported versions that are affected are Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition: 20.3.9, 21.3.5 and 22.3.1. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with logon to the infrastructure where Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition executes to compromise Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition. While the vulnerability is in Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition, attacks may significantly impact additional products (scope change). Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized update, insert or delete access to some of Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition accessible data and unauthorized ability to cause a partial denial of service (partial DOS) of Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 5.7 (Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:L).

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 0.28% 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 automated Upstream data
  • Record active
Decided by Nothing to build a rule from yet: no published exploit, no CISA record of exploitation and no source-level change to read
Finding This CVE affects a known product, but nothing published names a fix and nothing published shows an exploit. That is a statement about the evidence, not about the defect — it does not mean the vulnerability is unimportant or unreachable, only that neither of the two things VRT can act on exists.

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 / Native Image (Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition: 20.3.9, 21.3.5, 22.3.1)

Oracle components and versions

FamilyComponentVersions, as Oracle lists themRead as
Oracle Java SE Native Image Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition: 20.3.9, 21.3.5, 22.3.1 20.3.9.0 · 21.3.5.0 · 22.3.1.0

Products and versions

1 product, 3 version entries
SourceVendorProductSchemeAffected versions
nvd oracle graalvm javase 20.3.9 · 21.3.5 · 22.3.1

References

URLTags
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2023.html Vendor Advisory

Timeline

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