Vulnerability in the Oracle Java SE, Oracle GraalVM for JDK, Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition product of Oracle Java SE (component: Security). Supported versions that are affected are Oracle Java SE: 8u471, 8u471-b50, 8u471-perf, 11.0.29, 17.0.17, 21.0.9, 25.0.1; Oracle GraalVM for JDK: 17.0.17 and 21.0.9; Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition: 21.3.16. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via multiple protocols to compromise Oracle Java SE, Oracle GraalVM for JDK, 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 for JDK, 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 does not apply to Java deployments, typically in servers, that load and run only trusted code (e.g., code installed by an administrator). CVSS 3.1 Base Score 7.5 (Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H).
History

Thu, 22 Jan 2026 00:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Title openjdk: Enhance Certificate Checking (Oracle CPU 2026-01)
First Time appeared Redhat
Redhat openjdk Els
Weaknesses CWE-295
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:openjdk_els:11
cpe:/a:redhat:openjdk_els:11::el7
cpe:/a:redhat:openjdk_els:11::el8
cpe:/a:redhat:openjdk_els:11::el9
Vendors & Products Redhat
Redhat openjdk Els
References
Metrics threat_severity

None

threat_severity

Important


Wed, 21 Jan 2026 15:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-400
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Tue, 20 Jan 2026 22:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Vulnerability in the Oracle Java SE, Oracle GraalVM for JDK, Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition product of Oracle Java SE (component: Security). Supported versions that are affected are Oracle Java SE: 8u471, 8u471-b50, 8u471-perf, 11.0.29, 17.0.17, 21.0.9, 25.0.1; Oracle GraalVM for JDK: 17.0.17 and 21.0.9; Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition: 21.3.16. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via multiple protocols to compromise Oracle Java SE, Oracle GraalVM for JDK, 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 for JDK, 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 does not apply to Java deployments, typically in servers, that load and run only trusted code (e.g., code installed by an administrator). CVSS 3.1 Base Score 7.5 (Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H).
First Time appeared Oracle
Oracle graalvm
Oracle graalvm For Jdk
Oracle java Se
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:oracle:graalvm:21.3.16:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:graalvm_for_jdk:17.0.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:graalvm_for_jdk:21.0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:java_se:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:java_se:11.0.29:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:java_se:17.0.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:java_se:21.0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:java_se:25.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:java_se:8u471:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:java_se:8u471:*:*:*:enterprise_performance:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Oracle
Oracle graalvm
Oracle graalvm For Jdk
Oracle java Se
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: oracle

Published: 2026-01-20T21:56:27.997Z

Updated: 2026-01-21T15:05:36.940Z

Reserved: 2026-01-05T18:07:34.712Z

Link: CVE-2026-21945

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-01-21T15:05:17.529Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-01-20T22:15:57.390

Modified: 2026-01-21T16:16:08.437

Link: CVE-2026-21945

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2026-01-20T21:21:00Z

Links: CVE-2026-21945 - Bugzilla