{"cve":"CVE-2021-2161","nvd":{"published":"2021-04-22T22:15:13.037","modified":"2026-06-17T03:48:56.340","status":"Modified","description":"Vulnerability in the Java SE, Java SE Embedded, Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition product of Oracle Java SE (component: Libraries). Supported versions that are affected are Java SE: 7u291, 8u281, 11.0.10, 16; Java SE Embedded: 8u281; Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition: 19.3.5, 20.3.1.2 and 21.0.0.2. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via multiple protocols to compromise Java SE, Java SE Embedded, Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized creation, deletion or modification access to critical data or all Java SE, Java SE Embedded, Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition accessible data. Note: This vulnerability applies to Java deployments that load and run untrusted code (e.g., code that comes from the internet) and rely on the Java sandbox for security. It can also be exploited by supplying untrusted data to APIs in the specified Component. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 5.9 (Integrity impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N).","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N","score":5.9},"cwes":[],"references":["https://docs.azul.com/core/zulu-openjdk/release-notes/april-2021.html#fixed-common-vulnerabilities-and-exposures","https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10366","https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/04/msg00021.html","https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5ACX4JEVYH6H4PSMGMYWTGABPOFPH3TS/","https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CFXOKM2233JVGYDOWW77BN54X3GZTIBK/"],"products":["debian:debian_linux","fedoraproject:fedora","mcafee:epolicy_orchestrator","netapp:active_iq_unified_manager","netapp:hci_compute_node","netapp:hci_management_node","netapp:hci_storage_node","netapp:solidfire","oracle:graalvm","oracle:jdk","oracle:jre","oracle:openjdk"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:17:01.373894544+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2021-2161","score":0.03487,"percentile":0.89132,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}