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: 8u501, 11.0.32, 17.0.20, 21.0.12, 25.0.4, 26.0.2; Oracle GraalVM for JDK: 17.0.20 and 21.0.12; Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition: 21.3.19. Difficult to exploit 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 read access to a subset of Oracle Java SE, Oracle GraalVM for JDK, Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition accessible data. Note: This vulnerability can only be exploited by supplying data to APIs in the specified Component without using Untrusted Java Web Start applications or Untrusted Java applets, such as through a web service. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 3.7 (Confidentiality impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N).
History

Thu, 20 Aug 2026 18:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Thu, 20 Aug 2026 11:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Oracle graalvm Enterprise Edition
Vendors & Products Oracle graalvm Enterprise Edition

Thu, 20 Aug 2026 00:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Title Unauthorized Read Access via API in Oracle Java SE and GraalVM OpenJDK: Improve Resource Resolving (2026-08 Security Update)
First Time appeared Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux
Redhat enterprise Linux Eus
Redhat hummingbird
Redhat openjdk
Redhat openjdk Els
Redhat rhel E4s
Redhat rhel Els
Redhat rhel Eus
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8
cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9
cpe:/a:redhat:hummingbird:1
cpe:/a:redhat:openjdk:1.8
cpe:/a:redhat:openjdk:17
cpe:/a:redhat:openjdk:21
cpe:/a:redhat:openjdk:25
cpe:/a:redhat:openjdk_els:11::el7
cpe:/a:redhat:openjdk_els:11::el8
cpe:/a:redhat:openjdk_els:11::el9
cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_e4s:9.4
cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:9.6
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10.2
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:10.0
cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_els:7
Vendors & Products Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux
Redhat enterprise Linux Eus
Redhat hummingbird
Redhat openjdk
Redhat openjdk Els
Redhat rhel E4s
Redhat rhel Els
Redhat rhel Eus
References
Metrics threat_severity

None

threat_severity

Moderate


Tue, 18 Aug 2026 23:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Title Unauthorized Read Access via API in Oracle Java SE and GraalVM
Weaknesses CWE-200

Tue, 18 Aug 2026 21:15:00 +0000

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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: 8u501, 11.0.32, 17.0.20, 21.0.12, 25.0.4, 26.0.2; Oracle GraalVM for JDK: 17.0.20 and 21.0.12; Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition: 21.3.19. Difficult to exploit 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 read access to a subset of Oracle Java SE, Oracle GraalVM for JDK, Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition accessible data. Note: This vulnerability can only be exploited by supplying data to APIs in the specified Component without using Untrusted Java Web Start applications or Untrusted Java applets, such as through a web service. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 3.7 (Confidentiality impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N).
First Time appeared Oracle
Oracle graalvm
Oracle graalvm For Jdk
Oracle java Se
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:oracle:graalvm:21.3.19:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:graalvm_for_jdk:17.0.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:graalvm_for_jdk:21.0.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:java_se:11.0.32:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:java_se:17.0.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:java_se:21.0.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:java_se:25.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:java_se:26.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:java_se:8u501:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Oracle
Oracle graalvm
Oracle graalvm For Jdk
Oracle java Se
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 3.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: oracle

Published: 2026-08-18T20:58:55.601Z

Updated: 2026-08-21T16:46:00.077Z

Reserved: 2026-07-08T15:51:40.546Z

Link: CVE-2026-60589

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-08-20T17:20:29.717Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-08-18T21:16:38.247

Modified: 2026-08-20T18:16:28.807

Link: CVE-2026-60589

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2026-08-18T09:09:00Z

Links: CVE-2026-60589 - Bugzilla