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CVE-2022-21541

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-21541 is a difficult-to-exploit vulnerability in Oracle Java SE (versions 7u343, 8u333, 11.0.15.1, 17.0.3.1, 18.0.1.1) and Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition (versions 20.3.6, 21.3.2, 22.1.0), specifically affecting the Hotspot component. This vulnerability allows an unauthenticated attacker with network access to compromise affected systems, primarily impacting the integrity of data by enabling unauthorized creation, deletion, or modification. With a CVSS v3.1 score of 5.9 (Medium), it requires high attack complexity and affects data integrity without impacting confidentiality or availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
20.3.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:graalvm:20.3.6:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*
21.3.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:graalvm:21.3.2:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*
22.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:graalvm:22.1.0:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*
1.7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jdk:1.7.0:update343:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jdk:1.8.0:update333:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.9MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.2
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.57%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
83.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0257 is in the 74th percentile among its peer group of 19,956 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (25)

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: cm1 openjdk8 1.8.0.332-2 on CBL Mariner 1.0Fixed in: 1.8.0.332-2
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 16968-16820Fixed in: 1.8.0.332-2
oraclepatch availablevia nvd_reference
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Build of OpenJDK 11.0.16
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Build of OpenJDK 17.0.4Fixed in: Windows
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Build of OpenJDK 8u342
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: java-11-openjdk-1:11.0.16.0.8-1.el7_9
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: java-1.8.0-openjdk-1:1.8.0.342.b07-1.el7_9
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: java-11-openjdk-1:11.0.16.0.8-1.el8_6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: java-1.8.0-openjdk-1:1.8.0.342.b07-2.el8_6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: java-17-openjdk-1:17.0.4.0.8-2.el8_6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1 Update Services for SAP SolutionsFixed in: java-11-openjdk-1:11.0.16.0.8-1.el8_1
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1 Update Services for SAP SolutionsFixed in: java-1.8.0-openjdk-1:1.8.0.342.b07-1.el8_1
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Extended Update SupportFixed in: java-11-openjdk-1:11.0.16.0.8-1.el8_2
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Extended Update SupportFixed in: java-1.8.0-openjdk-1:1.8.0.342.b07-1.el8_2
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Extended Update SupportFixed in: java-11-openjdk-1:11.0.16.0.8-1.el8_4
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Extended Update SupportFixed in: java-1.8.0-openjdk-1:1.8.0.342.b07-1.el8_4
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: java-11-openjdk-1:11.0.16.0.8-1.el9_0
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: java-1.8.0-openjdk-1:1.8.0.342.b07-1.el9_0
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: java-17-openjdk-1:17.0.4.0.8-2.el9_0
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Build of OpenJDK 17.0.4Fixed in: Linux
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redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat build of OpenJDK 11Fixed in: Windows
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat build of OpenJDK 1.8Fixed in: Linux
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat build of OpenJDK 1.8Fixed in: Windows
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat build of OpenJDK 11Fixed in: Linux

Vendor Advisories (2)

redhatCVE-2022-21541Moderate

OpenJDK: improper restriction of MethodHandle.invokeBasic() (Hotspot, 8281866)

Jul 19, 2022
microsoft2022-Jul/CVE-2022-21541Moderate

Vulnerability in the Oracle Java SE, Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition product of Oracle Java SE (component: Hotspot). Supported versions that are affected are Oracle Java SE: 7u343, 8u333, 11.0.15.1, 17.0.3.1, 18.0.1.1; Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition: 20.3.6, 21.3.2 and 22.1.0. Difficult to exploit 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 creation, deletion or modification access to critical data or all 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 Com

Jul 12, 2022

References

lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/H4YNJSJ64NPCNKFPNBYITNZU5H3L4D6L
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/I5OZNAZJ4YHLOKRRRZSWRT5OJ25E4XLM
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JN3EVGR7FD3ZLV5SBTJXUIDCMSK4QUE2
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KO3DXNKZ4EU3UZBT6AAR4XRKCD73KLMO
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/L3XPOTPPBZIPFBZHQE5E7OW6PDACUMCJ
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YULPNO3PAWMEQQZV2C54I3H3ZOXFZUTB
security.gentoo.org / glsa/202401-25
security.netapp.com / advisory/ntap-20220729-0009
Third Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2022/dsa-5188
Third Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2022/dsa-5192
Third Party Advisory
oracle.com / security-alerts/cpujul2022.html
PatchVendor Advisory