Security Flaw in Oracle Java SE and GraalVM Products
CVE-2026-21945
Key Information:
- Vendor
Oracle
- Vendor
- CVE Published:
- 20 January 2026
What is CVE-2026-21945?
A security vulnerability has been identified in Oracle Java SE and GraalVM products that exposes users to potential denial of service (DoS) attacks. This issue affects clients running untrusted code in sandboxed Java environments, allowing an unauthenticated attacker with network access to disrupt services. If exploited, attackers can cause the application to hang or crash repeatedly, severely impacting availability. It is important to note that the vulnerability does not affect Java deployments that run only trusted code.

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Affected Version(s)
Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition 21.3.16
Oracle GraalVM for JDK 17.0.17
Oracle GraalVM for JDK 21.0.9
References
CVSS V3.1
Timeline
Vulnerability published
Vulnerability Reserved