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CVE-2023-21986

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-21986 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition versions 20.3.9, 21.3.5, and 22.3.1, specifically within the Native Image component. An unauthenticated attacker with local logon access to the infrastructure can exploit this vulnerability, leading to unauthorized data modification (update, insert, delete) and a partial denial of service. While the CVSS score is 5.7, the scope change indicates potential impact on additional products beyond GraalVM. There is currently no known active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
20.3.9CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:graalvm:20.3.9:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*
21.3.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:graalvm:21.3.5:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*
22.3.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:graalvm:22.3.1:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.7MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
LOW
Exploitability Score
2.5
Impact Score
2.7
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.28%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
20.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0028 is in the 27th percentile among its peer group of 3,052 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 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

Vendor Patches (1)

oraclevendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

References

oracle.com / security-alerts/cpuapr2023.html
Vendor Advisory