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TI-2026-17699 Aliases CVE-2026-22003GHSA-q4wq-4whj-cxhx

Uncontrolled resource consumption in Oracle Java SE

Priority LOW 26CWE-400Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
Required
Attack complexity
High
Impact type
Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · High · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-400.

Summary

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: 8u481 and 8u481-b50; Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition: 21.3.17. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with logon to the infrastructure where Oracle Java SE, Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition executes to compromise Oracle Java SE, Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition. Successful attacks require human interaction from a person other than the attacker. 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 and unauthorized ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS) of Oracle Java SE, 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 6.0 (Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H).

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00101 0th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
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
OracleOracle Java SE8u481; 8u481-b50—No fix listedCNA
OracleOracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition21.3.17—No fix listedCNA
  • Oracle Java SE VendorOracle Affected 8u481; 8u481-b50 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
  • Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition VendorOracle Affected 21.3.17 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 5

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:graalvm:21.3.17:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*21.3.17VulnerableOracle
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jdk:1.8.0:update481:*:*:-:*:*:*1.8.0 update481VulnerableOracle
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jdk:1.8.0:update481_b50:*:*:-:*:*:*1.8.0 update481_b50VulnerableOracle
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jre:1.8.0:update481:*:*:-:*:*:*1.8.0 update481VulnerableOracle
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jre:1.8.0:update481_b50:*:*:-:*:*:*1.8.0 update481_b50VulnerableOracle
  • cpe:2.3:a:oracle:graalvm:21.3.17:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* Versions 21.3.17 Vulnerable ·Oracle
  • cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jdk:1.8.0:update481:*:*:-:*:*:* Versions 1.8.0 update481 Vulnerable ·Oracle
  • cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jdk:1.8.0:update481_b50:*:*:-:*:*:* Versions 1.8.0 update481_b50 Vulnerable ·Oracle
  • cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jre:1.8.0:update481:*:*:-:*:*:* Versions 1.8.0 update481 Vulnerable ·Oracle
  • cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jre:1.8.0:update481_b50:*:*:-:*:*:* Versions 1.8.0 update481_b50 Vulnerable ·Oracle

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Fixed in the same release

Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.

  • Advisory ·

    Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition, Oracle Java SE — oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2026.html

    9 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 2 MEDIUM, 7 LOW

    Other records, highest priority first

    • TI-2026-26571 Uncontrolled resource consumption in Oracle Java SEPriority MEDIUM 40
    • TI-2026-17711 Information disclosure in Oracle Java SEPriority MEDIUM 40
    • TI-2026-17715 Uncontrolled resource consumption in Oracle Java SEPriority LOW 30
    Show all 9 records → Advisory →

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-22003
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-q4wq-4whj-cxhx

References

Advisory 1

  • TI-2023-22374 Improper check for unusual conditions in Apple macOS KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2022-15084 Apache Xalan Java XSLT library is vulnerable to an integer truncation issue when processing malicious XSLT stylesheets CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2020-06291 Prototype pollution in y18n CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2022-05834 Vulnerability in the Oracle Java SE, Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition product of Oracle… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2019-11704 HTTP request smuggling in Node.js 10, 12, and 13 causes malicious payload delivery when transfer-encoding is malformed CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2019-06950 Some HTTP/2 implementations are vulnerable to a settings flood, potentially leading to a… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
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Sources

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