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CVE-2021-35550

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  • Published2021-10-20

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Description

Vulnerability in the Java SE, Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition product of Oracle Java SE (component: JSSE). Supported versions that are affected are Java SE: 7u311, 8u301, 11.0.12; Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition: 20.3.3 and 21.2.0. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via TLS to compromise Java SE, Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized access to critical data or complete access to all Java SE, Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition accessible data. 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 5.9 (Confidentiality impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N).

Timeline

dates in UTC
  1. 2021-10-2011:16CVE publishedNVD

Versions per branch

NVD · OSV
Java (Oracle JDK)
BranchAffectedFixed in
7.x= 7no fix published
8.x= 8no fix published
11.0= 11.0.12no fix published
java
BranchAffectedFixed in
11.0≥ 9.0.0, < 11.0.1311.0.13
8.0≥ 8.0.0, < 8.0.3118.0.311
7.0≥ 7.0.0, < 7.0.3217.0.321
1.8≥ 1.8.0, < 1.8.01.8.0
1.7< 1.7.01.7.0
java-min
BranchAffectedFixed in
11.0≥ 9.0.0, < 11.0.1311.0.13
8.0≥ 8.0.0, < 8.0.3118.0.311
7.0≥ 7.0.0, < 7.0.3217.0.321
1.8≥ 1.8.0, < 1.8.01.8.0
1.7< 1.7.01.7.0

13 more products in the sources.

as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.

Products declared by the CNA1 product

As oracle, the CNA that assigned this CVE, declared them in the CVE record; versions as written.

  • Oracle Corporation Java SE JDK and JRE
    Affected
    • = Java SE:7u311no fix stated
    • = Java SE:8u301no fix stated
    • = Java SE:11.0.12no fix stated
    • = Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition:20.3.3no fix stated
    • = Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition:21.2.0no fix stated

Source: the CNA record (CVE Program), © The MITRE Corporation,CVE Terms of UseCVE recordupdated 2024-06-21

Distribution builds and vendor advisories

Packages from OSV.dev and products from the vendors' CSAF advisories.

version not verifiedVersions not verified: read as OSV.dev and the vendors publish them, not checked against each vendor's release list.

Packages

  • java-1_7_0-openjdkSUSE:OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9all versions · fixed in 1.7.0.321-43.53.2
  • java-1_7_0-openjdkSUSE:OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8all versions · fixed in 1.7.0.321-43.53.2
  • java-1_7_0-openjdkSUSE:OpenStack Cloud 9all versions · fixed in 1.7.0.321-43.53.2
  • java-1_7_0-openjdkSUSE:OpenStack Cloud 8all versions · fixed in 1.7.0.321-43.53.2
  • java-1_7_0-openjdkSUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5all versions · fixed in 1.7.0.321-43.53.2
  • java-1_7_0-openjdkSUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4all versions · fixed in 1.7.0.321-43.53.2
  • java-1_7_0-openjdkSUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3all versions · fixed in 1.7.0.321-43.53.2
  • java-1_7_0-openjdkSUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5all versions · fixed in 1.7.0.321-43.53.2

126 more package ranges on OSV.dev

Vendor advisories

  • RHSA-2022:0968 Red Hat Product Security38 products fixed

    Red Hat Security Advisory: java-1.8.0-ibm security update

  • RHSA-2022:0969 Red Hat Product Security37 products fixed

    Red Hat Security Advisory: java-1.7.1-ibm security update

  • RHSA-2022:0970 Red Hat Product Security22 products fixed

    Red Hat Security Advisory: java-1.8.0-ibm security update

  • RHSA-2021:3968 Red Hat Product Security1 product fixed

    Red Hat Security Advisory: OpenJDK 11.0.13 security update for Windows Builds

  • RHSA-2021:3967 Red Hat Product Security1 product fixed

    Red Hat Security Advisory: OpenJDK 11.0.13 security update for Portable Linux Builds

  • RHSA-2021:3961 Red Hat Product Security1 product fixed

    Red Hat Security Advisory: OpenJDK 8u312 Windows Builds release and security update

9 more advisories

Full record on NVD

Fix

  1. Vendor fix Red Hat Product Security RHSA-2022:0968 · 38 productsFor details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 All running instances of IBM Java must be restarted for this update to take effect.
  2. Vendor fix Red Hat Product Security RHSA-2021:3968 · 1 productBefore applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/openjdk/11/html/installing_and_using_openjdk_11_for_windows/index
  3. Vendor fix Red Hat Product Security RHSA-2021:3967 · 1 productBefore applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/openjdk/11/html/installing_and_using_openjdk_11_on_rhel/installing-openjdk11-on-rhel8#i…
  4. Vendor fix Red Hat Product Security RHSA-2021:3961 · 1 productBefore applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/openjdk/8/html/installing_and_using_openjdk_8_for_windows/index
  5. Vendor fix Red Hat Product Security RHSA-2021:3960 · 1 productBefore applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/openjdk/8/html/installing_and_using_openjdk_8_for_rhel/installing-openjdk8-on-rhel#inst…
  6. Vendor fix Red Hat Product Security RHSA-2021:3892 · 118 productsFor details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 All running instances of OpenJDK Java must be restarted for this update to take effect.

Advisories and patches

Detection

Nuclei template
none so far
ProjectDiscovery
Exploit-DB
no entry
Exploit-DB
Proof of concept
Metasploit modules
none listed
Metasploit Framework

Sources

Identifiers

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Published
2021-10-20
Last Modified
2026-06-17
NVD status
Modified
GitHub Advisory
GHSA-cxjm-7856-gv52

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-35550?

Vulnerability in the Java SE, Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition product of Oracle Java SE (component: JSSE). Supported versions that are affected are Java SE: 7u311, 8u301, 11.0.12; Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition: 20.3.3 and 21.2.0. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via TLS to compromise Java SE, Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized access to critical data or complete access to all Java SE, Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition accessible data. 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 5.9 (Confidentiality impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N).

Is CVE-2021-35550 actively exploited?

Active exploitation of CVE-2021-35550 has not been confirmed. Its EPSS score was 7.4% on 2026-11-08, the estimated probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2021-35550?

CVE-2021-35550 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.9 (MEDIUM severity), with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

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