5.9

CVE-2026-46968: oracle corporation oracle java se Improper Access Control

CVSS: 5.9v3.1MediumAnalyzed
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2026-46968DEBIAN-CVE-2026-46968CGA-2794-8wph-cgpv
Published 21-07-2026Last modified 23-07-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-46968 is a medium (CVSS 5.9) Improper Access Control vulnerability in oracle corporation oracle java se. EPSS estimates a 0.29% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 20.2% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
24/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.9/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.29%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 47 · Related 35
MGASA-2026-0395OPENSUSE-SU-2026:11335-1OPENSUSE-SU-2026:11336-1OPENSUSE-SU-2026:11337-1OPENSUSE-SU-2026:11362-1OPENSUSE-SU-2026:11363-1

Timeline

  1. 21-07-2026
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 23-07-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Vulnerability in Oracle Java SE (component: JSSE). Supported versions that are affected are Oracle Java SE: 8u491, 8u491-perf, 11.0.31, 17.0.19, 21.0.11, 25.0.3, 26.0.1; Oracle GraalVM for JDK: 17.0.19 and 21.0.11; Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition: 21.3.18. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via TLS to compromise Oracle Java SE. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized creation, deletion or modification access to critical data or all Oracle Java SE accessible data. Note: This vulnerability can only be exploited by supplying data to APIs in the specified Component without using Untrusted Java Web Start applications or Untrusted Java applets, such as through a web service. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 5.9 (Integrity impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N).

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.29%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

20%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.29% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
0.29%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Chainguard99 products
  • liberica-17< 17.0.20.1.2-r0
  • liberica-17-dbg< 17.0.20.1.2-r0
  • liberica-17-default-jdk< 17.0.20.1.2-r0
  • liberica-17-default-jvm< 17.0.20.1.2-r0
  • liberica-17-demos< 17.0.20.1.2-r0
Wolfi27 products
  • openjdk-11< 11.0.32-r0
  • openjdk-11-dbg< 11.0.32-r0
  • openjdk-11-default-jdk< 11.0.32-r0
  • openjdk-11-default-jvm< 11.0.32-r0
  • openjdk-11-demos< 11.0.32-r0
Ubuntu12 products
  • openjdk-13All versions (No fix recorded)
  • openjdk-16All versions (No fix recorded)
  • openjdk-17< 17.0.20+8-1~18.04 | < 17.0.20+8-1~20.04 | < 17.0.20+8-1~22.04 | < 17.0.20+8-1~24.04 | < 17.0.20+8-1 | < 17.0.20+8-1~26.04
  • openjdk-17-cracAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 17.0.20+8-0ubuntu1~26.04
  • openjdk-18All versions (No fix recorded)
Debian4 products
  • openjdk-17< 17.0.20+8-1~deb12u1
  • openjdk-21< 21.0.12+8-1~deb13u1 | < 21.0.12+8-1
  • openjdk-25< 25.0.4+7-1~deb13u1 | < 25.0.4+7-1
  • openjdk-26< 26.0.2+10-1
Oracle4 products
  • graalvmEOL21.3.18
  • graalvm_for_jdk17.0.19 | 21.0.11
  • jdkEOL1.8.0:update491 | 11.0.31 | 17.0.19 | 21.0.11 | 25.0.3 | 26.0.1
  • jreEOL1.8.0:update491 | 11.0.31 | 17.0.19 | 21.0.11 | 25.0.3 | 26.0.1
Oracle corporation1 product
  • oracle java se8u491 | 8u491-perf | 11.0.31 | 17.0.19 | 21.0.11 | 25.0.3 | 26.0.1

6 vendors · 147 products

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