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Vulnerability record · CVE-2021-35559 · published 20 October 2021

CVE-2021-35559: Oracle graalvm uncontrolled resource consumption vulnerability

Oracle · Graalvm

Vulnerability in the Java SE, Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition product of Oracle Java SE (component: Swing). Supported versions that are affected are Java SE: 7u311, 8u301, 11.0.12, 17; Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition: 20.3.3 and 21.2.0. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via multiple protocols to compromise 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 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).

5.3 CVSS 3.1 Medium EPSS 16% · top 3.2% CWE-400 · Uncontrolled resource consumption
5.3CVSS 3.1 base score, v2 5.0
16%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
14Affected product versions listed by NVD
26References
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

Vulnerability in the Java SE, Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition product of Oracle Java SE (component: Swing). Supported versions that are affected are Java SE: 7u311, 8u301, 11.0.12, 17; Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition: 20.3.3 and 21.2.0. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via multiple protocols to compromise 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 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).

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Affected products

14 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

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https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/11/msg00008.html Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6EUURAQOIJYFZHQ7DFZCO6I
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7WTVCIVHTX3XONYOEGUMLKC
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DJILEHYV2U37HKMGFEQ7CAV
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GTYZWIXDFUV2H57YQZJWPOD
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GXTUWAWXVU37GRNIG4TPMA4
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/V362B2BWTH5IJDL45QPQGMB
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202209-05 Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20211022-0004/ Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240621-0006/
https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-5000 Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-5012 Third Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html PatchVendor Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/11/msg00008.html Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6EUURAQOIJYFZHQ7DFZCO6I
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7WTVCIVHTX3XONYOEGUMLKC
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DJILEHYV2U37HKMGFEQ7CAV
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GTYZWIXDFUV2H57YQZJWPOD
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GXTUWAWXVU37GRNIG4TPMA4
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/V362B2BWTH5IJDL45QPQGMB
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202209-05 Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20211022-0004/ Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240621-0006/
https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-5000 Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-5012 Third Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html PatchVendor Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2021-35559), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.