CVE-2022-21340

MEDIUM

Oracle Openjdk < 11.70.1 - Denial of Service

Title source: rule
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2022-21340. PoCs published by Alexandre-Bartel.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This PoC exploits CVE-2022-21340, a vulnerability in Java's JarFile implementation, by creating a maliciously crafted JAR file with an excessively large manifest. The exploit triggers a denial-of-service (DoS) condition due to excessive resource consumption during manifest parsing.

Description

Vulnerability in the Oracle Java SE, Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition product of Oracle Java SE (component: Libraries). Supported versions that are affected are Oracle Java SE: 7u321, 8u311, 11.0.13, 17.0.1; Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition: 20.3.4 and 21.3.0. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via multiple protocols to compromise Oracle Java SE, Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized ability to cause a partial denial of service (partial 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 can also be exploited by using APIs in the specified Component, e.g., through a web service which supplies data to the APIs. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 5.3 (Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L).

Exploits (1)

nomisec WORKING POC
by Alexandre-Bartel · poc
https://github.com/Alexandre-Bartel/CVE-2022-21340

This PoC exploits CVE-2022-21340, a vulnerability in Java's JarFile implementation, by creating a maliciously crafted JAR file with an excessively large manifest. The exploit triggers a denial-of-service (DoS) condition due to excessive resource consumption during manifest parsing.

Classification
Working Poc 90%
Attack Type
Dos
Complexity
Moderate
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Java (JDK/JRE)
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Java runtime environment · Ability to execute the script on the target system
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (6)

Core 6
Core References
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220121-0007/
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5057
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5058
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/02/msg00011.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202209-05

Scores

CVSS v3 5.3
EPSS 0.0775
EPSS Percentile 93.9%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable yes
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-400
Status published
Products (28)
debian/debian_linux 9.0
debian/debian_linux 10.0
debian/debian_linux 11.0
netapp/7-mode_transition_tool
netapp/active_iq_unified_manager (2 CPE variants)
netapp/cloud_insights_acquisition_unit
netapp/cloud_secure_agent
netapp/e-series_santricity_os_controller 11.0.0 - 11.70.1
netapp/e-series_santricity_storage_manager
netapp/e-series_santricity_web_services
... and 18 more
Published Jan 19, 2022
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026