CVE-2021-2163

MEDIUM

Oracle Java SE <16 - Unauth RCE

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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 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 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. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 5.3 (Integrity impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N).

References (11)

Core 11
Core References
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2021.html
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/04/msg00021.html
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4899
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210513-0001/
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202209-05

Scores

CVSS v3 5.3
EPSS 0.0010
EPSS Percentile 26.5%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

Status published
Products (19)
debian/debian_linux 9.0
debian/debian_linux 10.0
fedoraproject/fedora 32
fedoraproject/fedora 33
fedoraproject/fedora 34
netapp/active_iq_unified_manager (2 CPE variants)
netapp/hci_compute_node
netapp/hci_management_node
netapp/hci_storage_node
netapp/solidfire
... and 9 more
Published Apr 22, 2021
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026