CVE-2022-21541: Medium severity oracle graalvm enterprise edition vulnerability

Published Jul 19, 2022
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Updated

An unspecified vulnerability in Java SE related to the VM component could allow an unauthenticated attacker to cause no confidentiality impact, high integrity impact, and no availability impact.

Other sources

It was discovered that the Hotspot component of OpenJDK did not properly restrict access to the invokeBasic() method of the MethodHandle class. An untrusted Java application or applet could use this flaw to bypass Java sandbox restrictions.

Red Hat

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

Microsoft

Affected Software

161 affected componentsFixes available
debian/openjdk-11
11.0.16+8-1~deb10u111.0.21+9-1~deb10u111.0.20+8-1~deb11u111.0.21+9-1~deb11u111.0.21+9-1
debian/openjdk-17
17.0.7+7-1~deb11u117.0.8+7-1~deb12u117.0.9+9-1
debian/openjdk-8
8u392-ga-1
Oracle GraalVM=20.3.6
Oracle GraalVM=21.3.2
Oracle GraalVM=22.1.0
Oracle JDK=1.7.0-update343
Oracle JDK=1.8.0-update333
Oracle JDK=11.0.15.1
Oracle JDK=17.0.3.1
Oracle JDK=18.0.1.1
Oracle JRE=1.7.0-update343
Oracle JRE=1.8.0-update333
Oracle JRE=11.0.15.1
Oracle JRE=17.0.3.1
Oracle JRE=18.0.1.1
Oracle OpenJDK>=11<=11.0.15
Oracle OpenJDK>=13<=13.0.11
Oracle OpenJDK>=15<=15.0.7
Oracle OpenJDK>=17<=17.0.3
Oracle OpenJDK=7
Oracle OpenJDK=7-update1
Oracle OpenJDK=7-update10
Oracle OpenJDK=7-update101
Oracle OpenJDK=7-update11
Oracle OpenJDK=7-update111
Oracle OpenJDK=7-update121
Oracle OpenJDK=7-update13
Oracle OpenJDK=7-update131
Oracle OpenJDK=7-update141
Oracle OpenJDK=7-update15
Oracle OpenJDK=7-update151
Oracle OpenJDK=7-update161
Oracle OpenJDK=7-update17
Oracle OpenJDK=7-update171
Oracle OpenJDK=7-update181
Oracle OpenJDK=7-update191
Oracle OpenJDK=7-update2
Oracle OpenJDK=7-update201
Oracle OpenJDK=7-update21
Oracle OpenJDK=7-update211
Oracle OpenJDK=7-update221
Oracle OpenJDK=7-update231
Oracle OpenJDK=7-update241
Oracle OpenJDK=7-update25
Oracle OpenJDK=7-update251
Oracle OpenJDK=7-update261
Oracle OpenJDK=7-update271
Oracle OpenJDK=7-update281
Oracle OpenJDK=7-update291
Oracle OpenJDK=7-update3
Oracle OpenJDK=7-update301
Oracle OpenJDK=7-update311
Oracle OpenJDK=7-update321
Oracle OpenJDK=7-update4
Oracle OpenJDK=7-update40
Oracle OpenJDK=7-update45
Oracle OpenJDK=7-update5
Oracle OpenJDK=7-update51
Oracle OpenJDK=7-update55
Oracle OpenJDK=7-update6
Oracle OpenJDK=7-update60
Oracle OpenJDK=7-update65
Oracle OpenJDK=7-update67
Oracle OpenJDK=7-update7
Oracle OpenJDK=7-update72
Oracle OpenJDK=7-update76
Oracle OpenJDK=7-update80
Oracle OpenJDK=7-update85
Oracle OpenJDK=7-update9
Oracle OpenJDK=7-update91
Oracle OpenJDK=7-update95
Oracle OpenJDK=7-update97
Oracle OpenJDK=7-update99
Oracle OpenJDK=8
Oracle OpenJDK=8-milestone1
Oracle OpenJDK=8-milestone2
Oracle OpenJDK=8-milestone3
Oracle OpenJDK=8-milestone4
Oracle OpenJDK=8-milestone5
Oracle OpenJDK=8-milestone6
Oracle OpenJDK=8-milestone7
Oracle OpenJDK=8-milestone8
Oracle OpenJDK=8-milestone9
Oracle OpenJDK=8-update101
Oracle OpenJDK=8-update102
Oracle OpenJDK=8-update11
Oracle OpenJDK=8-update111
Oracle OpenJDK=8-update112
Oracle OpenJDK=8-update121
Oracle OpenJDK=8-update131
Oracle OpenJDK=8-update141
Oracle OpenJDK=8-update151
Oracle OpenJDK=8-update152
Oracle OpenJDK=8-update161
Oracle OpenJDK=8-update162
Oracle OpenJDK=8-update171
Oracle OpenJDK=8-update172
Oracle OpenJDK=8-update181
Oracle OpenJDK=8-update191
Oracle OpenJDK=8-update192
Oracle OpenJDK=8-update20
Oracle OpenJDK=8-update201
Oracle OpenJDK=8-update202
Oracle OpenJDK=8-update211
Oracle OpenJDK=8-update212
Oracle OpenJDK=8-update221
Oracle OpenJDK=8-update222
Oracle OpenJDK=8-update231
Oracle OpenJDK=8-update232
Oracle OpenJDK=8-update241
Oracle OpenJDK=8-update242
Oracle OpenJDK=8-update25
Oracle OpenJDK=8-update252
Oracle OpenJDK=8-update262
Oracle OpenJDK=8-update271
Oracle OpenJDK=8-update281
Oracle OpenJDK=8-update282
Oracle OpenJDK=8-update291
Oracle OpenJDK=8-update301
Oracle OpenJDK=8-update302
Oracle OpenJDK=8-update31
Oracle OpenJDK=8-update312
Oracle OpenJDK=8-update322
Oracle OpenJDK=8-update332
Oracle OpenJDK=8-update40
Oracle OpenJDK=8-update45
Oracle OpenJDK=8-update5
Oracle OpenJDK=8-update51
Oracle OpenJDK=8-update60
Oracle OpenJDK=8-update65
Oracle OpenJDK=8-update66
Oracle OpenJDK=8-update71
Oracle OpenJDK=8-update72
Oracle OpenJDK=8-update73
Oracle OpenJDK=8-update74
Oracle OpenJDK=8-update77
Oracle OpenJDK=8-update91
Oracle OpenJDK=8-update92
Oracle OpenJDK=18
Fedoraproject Fedora=36
Debian Debian Linux=10.0
Debian Debian Linux=11.0
NetApp 7-Mode Transition Tool
NetApp Active Iq Unified Manager Vmware Vsphere
NetApp Active Iq Unified Manager Windows
NetApp Cloud Insights Acquisition Unit
NetApp Cloud Secure Agent
NetApp Hci Management Node
NetApp OnCommand Insight
NetApp Solidfire
NetApp Hci Compute Node
Azul Zulu=7.54
Azul Zulu=8.62
Azul Zulu=11.56
Azul Zulu=13.48
Azul Zulu=15.40
Azul Zulu=17.34
Azul Zulu=18.30
IBM Cloud Transformation Advisor<=2.0.1 - 3.3.1
Microsoft cm1 openjdk8 1.8.0.332-2

Event History

Jul 19, 2022
CVE Published
via MITRE·12:00 AM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·12:00 AM
DescriptionSeverityWeakness
Data Sourced
via Red Hat·09:36 AM
DescriptionSeverityAffected Software
Oct 1, 2025
Data Sourced
via Microsoft·11:11 PM
DescriptionSeverityWeakness
Data Sourced
via Microsoft·11:11 PM
Affected Software
Updated
via Microsoft·11:11 PM
DescriptionSeverity

Parent advisories

This vulnerability appears in the following advisories.

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Frequently Asked Questions

1

What is the severity of CVE-2022-21541?

CVE-2022-21541 has high integrity impact while posing no confidentiality or availability impact.

2

How do I fix CVE-2022-21541?

To fix CVE-2022-21541, update to the recommended patch version of OpenJDK or related software as specified in security advisories.

3

Which software versions are affected by CVE-2022-21541?

CVE-2022-21541 affects certain versions of OpenJDK, GraalVM, Oracle JDK, and Java Runtime Environment (JRE) among others.

4

Can CVE-2022-21541 be exploited remotely?

CVE-2022-21541 can allow unauthenticated attackers to exploit the vulnerability under certain conditions.

5

What components are involved in CVE-2022-21541?

CVE-2022-21541 involves a vulnerability within the VM component of Java SE, specifically pertaining to the Hotspot component of OpenJDK.

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