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TI-2026-13738 Aliases CVE-2026-16440GHSA-jxfm-5353-qwhv

In Eclipse OpenJ9 versions up to 0.60, a crafted .class file with deeply nested annotations causes a segmentation fault.

Priority MEDIUM 59CWE-674Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
Active
Attack complexity
Low
Attack requirements
Present
Impact type
Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · High
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-674.

Summary

In Eclipse OpenJ9 versions up to 0.60, a crafted .class file with deeply nested annotations causes a segmentation fault.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00297 22nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Eclipse OpenJ9 (Eclipse Foundation): 0.60Red Hat: 2 advisories

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
Poc
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
Eclipse FoundationEclipse OpenJ90.8.0 to before 0.600.60Patch availableCNA
  • Eclipse OpenJ9 VendorEclipse Foundation Affected 0.8.0 to before 0.60 Fixed in 0.60 Patch available CNA

CPE names Threatist (inferred) · 1

Inferred from how NVD named this product before; not given by a source.

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:eclipse:openj9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*——Eclipse Foundation

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA Eclipse OpenJ9 (Eclipse Foundation) Fixed in 0.60

Red Hat 2 advisories

  • RHSA-2026:72888 Released 2026-09-28 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    java-21-ibm-semeru-certified-jdk security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary (v. 10) java-21-ibm-semeru-certified-jdk-1:21.0.12.1.1-2.el10_2, java-21-ibm-semeru-certified-jdk-devel-1:21.0.12.1.1-2.el10_2, java-21-ibm-semeru-certified-jdk-headless-1:21.0.12.1.1-2.el10_2 +2
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary EUS (v. 10.0) java-21-ibm-semeru-certified-jdk-1:21.0.12.1.1-1.el10_0, java-21-ibm-semeru-certified-jdk-headless-1:21.0.12.1.1-1.el10_0
  • RHSA-2026:70630 Released 2026-09-23 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    java-1.8.0-ibm security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary (v. 8) java-1.8.0-ibm-1:1.8.0.8.71-1.el8_10, java-1.8.0-ibm-demo-1:1.8.0.8.71-1.el8_10, java-1.8.0-ibm-devel-1:1.8.0.8.71-1.el8_10 +5

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary (v. 10)Fixed RHSA-2026:72888
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary (v. 8)Fixed RHSA-2026:70630
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary EUS (v. 10.0)Fixed RHSA-2026:72888

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-16440
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-jxfm-5353-qwhv
  3. 2026-10-30 Fix available: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary (v. 10), Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary EUS (v. 10.0) · Red Hat

References

Other 2

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  • TI-2026-81947 Unauthenticated command injection in Eclipse Che che-machine-exec CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2026-13216 CWE-863: ABAC authorization bypass via trailing slash route normalization in Eclipse BaSyx Go Components CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2026-06514 Path traversal in Eclipse BaSyx CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
  • TI-2026-01382 In the Eclipse Theia Website repository, the GitHub Actions workflow… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
  • TI-2026-74697 Authentication bypass in Eclipse Jetty EthereumAuthenticator CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.3
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