CVE-2026-16440

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

CVSS 4.0

5.7CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:L

EPSS

0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 22% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-25)

CWE

CWE-674

Published

2026-08-19

Modified

2026-10-22

Record from

the NVD, synced 2026-10-22

References

• https://github.com/eclipse-openj9/openj9/pull/24572
• https://github.com/eclipse-openj9/openj9/security/advisories/GHSA-ch6r-v7rg-4jqx
• https://github.com/eclipse-openj9/openj9/security/advisories/GHSA-ch6r-v7rg-4jqx

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