Vulnerability · Published Jan 21, 2025 · Assigned by oracle
CVE-2025-21502
Medium 4.8
In plain English
A medium-severity incorrect authorization in Oracle Java SE from Oracle Corporation. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.0% (higher than 63% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS 3.1)4.8Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)1.0%top 37.4% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
Vulnerability in the Oracle Java SE, Oracle GraalVM for JDK, Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition product of Oracle Java SE (component: Hotspot). Supported versions that are affected are Oracle Java SE: 8u431-perf, 11.0.25, 17.0.13, 21.0.5, 23.0.1; Oracle GraalVM for JDK: 17.0.13, 21.0.5, 23.0.1; Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition: 20.3.16 and 21.3.12. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via multiple protocols to compromise Oracle Java SE, Oracle GraalVM for JDK, Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized update, insert or delete access to some of Oracle Java SE, Oracle GraalVM for JDK, Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition accessible data as well as unauthorized read access to a subset of Oracle Java SE, Oracle GraalVM for JDK, Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition accessible data. Note: This vulnerability can be exploited by using APIs in the specified Component, e.g., through a web service which supplies data to the APIs. This vulnerability also 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. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 4.8 (Confidentiality and Integrity impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N).
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| AlmaLinux:8 | java-17-openjdk | 1:17.0.14.0.7-3.el8 | ALSA-2025:0422 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | java-17-openjdk | 1:17.0.14.0.7-2.el9.alma.1 | ALSA-2025:0422 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | java-17-openjdk-demo | 1:17.0.14.0.7-3.el8 | ALSA-2025:0422 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | java-17-openjdk-demo | 1:17.0.14.0.7-2.el9.alma.1 | ALSA-2025:0422 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | java-17-openjdk-demo-fastdebug | 1:17.0.14.0.7-3.el8 | ALSA-2025:0422 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | java-17-openjdk-demo-fastdebug | 1:17.0.14.0.7-2.el9.alma.1 | ALSA-2025:0422 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | java-17-openjdk-demo-slowdebug | 1:17.0.14.0.7-3.el8 | ALSA-2025:0422 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | java-17-openjdk-demo-slowdebug | 1:17.0.14.0.7-2.el9.alma.1 | ALSA-2025:0422 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | java-17-openjdk-devel | 1:17.0.14.0.7-3.el8 | ALSA-2025:0422 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | java-17-openjdk-devel | 1:17.0.14.0.7-2.el9.alma.1 | ALSA-2025:0422 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | java-17-openjdk-devel-fastdebug | 1:17.0.14.0.7-3.el8 | ALSA-2025:0422 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | java-17-openjdk-devel-fastdebug | 1:17.0.14.0.7-2.el9.alma.1 | ALSA-2025:0422 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | java-17-openjdk-devel-slowdebug | 1:17.0.14.0.7-3.el8 | ALSA-2025:0422 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | java-17-openjdk-devel-slowdebug | 1:17.0.14.0.7-2.el9.alma.1 | ALSA-2025:0422 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | java-17-openjdk-fastdebug | 1:17.0.14.0.7-3.el8 | ALSA-2025:0422 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | java-17-openjdk-fastdebug | 1:17.0.14.0.7-2.el9.alma.1 | ALSA-2025:0422 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | java-17-openjdk-headless | 1:17.0.14.0.7-3.el8 | ALSA-2025:0422 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | java-17-openjdk-headless | 1:17.0.14.0.7-2.el9.alma.1 | ALSA-2025:0422 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | java-17-openjdk-headless-fastdebug | 1:17.0.14.0.7-3.el8 | ALSA-2025:0422 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | java-17-openjdk-headless-fastdebug | 1:17.0.14.0.7-2.el9.alma.1 | ALSA-2025:0422 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | java-17-openjdk-headless-slowdebug | 1:17.0.14.0.7-3.el8 | ALSA-2025:0422 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | java-17-openjdk-headless-slowdebug | 1:17.0.14.0.7-2.el9.alma.1 | ALSA-2025:0422 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | java-17-openjdk-javadoc | 1:17.0.14.0.7-3.el8 | ALSA-2025:0422 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | java-17-openjdk-javadoc | 1:17.0.14.0.7-2.el9.alma.1 | ALSA-2025:0422 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | java-17-openjdk-javadoc-zip | 1:17.0.14.0.7-3.el8 | ALSA-2025:0422 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | java-17-openjdk-javadoc-zip | 1:17.0.14.0.7-2.el9.alma.1 | ALSA-2025:0422 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | java-17-openjdk-jmods | 1:17.0.14.0.7-3.el8 | ALSA-2025:0422 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | java-17-openjdk-jmods | 1:17.0.14.0.7-2.el9.alma.1 | ALSA-2025:0422 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | java-17-openjdk-jmods-fastdebug | 1:17.0.14.0.7-3.el8 | ALSA-2025:0422 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | java-17-openjdk-jmods-fastdebug | 1:17.0.14.0.7-2.el9.alma.1 | ALSA-2025:0422 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | java-17-openjdk-jmods-slowdebug | 1:17.0.14.0.7-3.el8 | ALSA-2025:0422 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | java-17-openjdk-jmods-slowdebug | 1:17.0.14.0.7-2.el9.alma.1 | ALSA-2025:0422 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | java-17-openjdk-slowdebug | 1:17.0.14.0.7-3.el8 | ALSA-2025:0422 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | java-17-openjdk-slowdebug | 1:17.0.14.0.7-2.el9.alma.1 | ALSA-2025:0422 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | java-17-openjdk-src | 1:17.0.14.0.7-3.el8 | ALSA-2025:0422 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | java-17-openjdk-src | 1:17.0.14.0.7-2.el9.alma.1 | ALSA-2025:0422 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | java-17-openjdk-src-fastdebug | 1:17.0.14.0.7-3.el8 | ALSA-2025:0422 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | java-17-openjdk-src-fastdebug | 1:17.0.14.0.7-2.el9.alma.1 | ALSA-2025:0422 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | java-17-openjdk-src-slowdebug | 1:17.0.14.0.7-3.el8 | ALSA-2025:0422 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | java-17-openjdk-src-slowdebug | 1:17.0.14.0.7-2.el9.alma.1 | ALSA-2025:0422 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | java-17-openjdk-static-libs | 1:17.0.14.0.7-3.el8 | ALSA-2025:0422 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | java-17-openjdk-static-libs | 1:17.0.14.0.7-2.el9.alma.1 | ALSA-2025:0422 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | java-17-openjdk-static-libs-fastdebug | 1:17.0.14.0.7-3.el8 | ALSA-2025:0422 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | java-17-openjdk-static-libs-fastdebug | 1:17.0.14.0.7-2.el9.alma.1 | ALSA-2025:0422 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | java-17-openjdk-static-libs-slowdebug | 1:17.0.14.0.7-3.el8 | ALSA-2025:0422 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | java-17-openjdk-static-libs-slowdebug | 1:17.0.14.0.7-2.el9.alma.1 | ALSA-2025:0422 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | java-21-openjdk | 1:21.0.6.0.7-1.el8 | ALSA-2025:0426 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | java-21-openjdk | 1:21.0.6.0.7-1.el9.alma.1 | ALSA-2025:0426 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | java-21-openjdk-demo | 1:21.0.6.0.7-1.el8 | ALSA-2025:0426 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | java-21-openjdk-demo | 1:21.0.6.0.7-1.el9.alma.1 | ALSA-2025:0426 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | java-21-openjdk-demo-fastdebug | 1:21.0.6.0.7-1.el8 | ALSA-2025:0426 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | java-21-openjdk-demo-fastdebug | 1:21.0.6.0.7-1.el9.alma.1 | ALSA-2025:0426 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | java-21-openjdk-demo-slowdebug | 1:21.0.6.0.7-1.el8 | ALSA-2025:0426 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | java-21-openjdk-demo-slowdebug | 1:21.0.6.0.7-1.el9.alma.1 | ALSA-2025:0426 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | java-21-openjdk-devel | 1:21.0.6.0.7-1.el8 | ALSA-2025:0426 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | java-21-openjdk-devel | 1:21.0.6.0.7-1.el9.alma.1 | ALSA-2025:0426 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | java-21-openjdk-devel-fastdebug | 1:21.0.6.0.7-1.el8 | ALSA-2025:0426 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | java-21-openjdk-devel-fastdebug | 1:21.0.6.0.7-1.el9.alma.1 | ALSA-2025:0426 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | java-21-openjdk-devel-slowdebug | 1:21.0.6.0.7-1.el8 | ALSA-2025:0426 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | java-21-openjdk-devel-slowdebug | 1:21.0.6.0.7-1.el9.alma.1 | ALSA-2025:0426 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | java-21-openjdk-fastdebug | 1:21.0.6.0.7-1.el8 | ALSA-2025:0426 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | java-21-openjdk-fastdebug | 1:21.0.6.0.7-1.el9.alma.1 | ALSA-2025:0426 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | java-21-openjdk-headless | 1:21.0.6.0.7-1.el8 | ALSA-2025:0426 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | java-21-openjdk-headless | 1:21.0.6.0.7-1.el9.alma.1 | ALSA-2025:0426 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | java-21-openjdk-headless-fastdebug | 1:21.0.6.0.7-1.el8 | ALSA-2025:0426 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | java-21-openjdk-headless-fastdebug | 1:21.0.6.0.7-1.el9.alma.1 | ALSA-2025:0426 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | java-21-openjdk-headless-slowdebug | 1:21.0.6.0.7-1.el8 | ALSA-2025:0426 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | java-21-openjdk-headless-slowdebug | 1:21.0.6.0.7-1.el9.alma.1 | ALSA-2025:0426 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | java-21-openjdk-javadoc | 1:21.0.6.0.7-1.el8 | ALSA-2025:0426 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | java-21-openjdk-javadoc | 1:21.0.6.0.7-1.el9.alma.1 | ALSA-2025:0426 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | java-21-openjdk-javadoc-zip | 1:21.0.6.0.7-1.el8 | ALSA-2025:0426 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | java-21-openjdk-javadoc-zip | 1:21.0.6.0.7-1.el9.alma.1 | ALSA-2025:0426 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | java-21-openjdk-jmods | 1:21.0.6.0.7-1.el8 | ALSA-2025:0426 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | java-21-openjdk-jmods | 1:21.0.6.0.7-1.el9.alma.1 | ALSA-2025:0426 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | java-21-openjdk-jmods-fastdebug | 1:21.0.6.0.7-1.el8 | ALSA-2025:0426 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | java-21-openjdk-jmods-fastdebug | 1:21.0.6.0.7-1.el9.alma.1 | ALSA-2025:0426 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | java-21-openjdk-jmods-slowdebug | 1:21.0.6.0.7-1.el8 | ALSA-2025:0426 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | java-21-openjdk-jmods-slowdebug | 1:21.0.6.0.7-1.el9.alma.1 | ALSA-2025:0426 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | java-21-openjdk-slowdebug | 1:21.0.6.0.7-1.el8 | ALSA-2025:0426 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | java-21-openjdk-slowdebug | 1:21.0.6.0.7-1.el9.alma.1 | ALSA-2025:0426 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | java-21-openjdk-src | 1:21.0.6.0.7-1.el8 | ALSA-2025:0426 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | java-21-openjdk-src | 1:21.0.6.0.7-1.el9.alma.1 | ALSA-2025:0426 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | java-21-openjdk-src-fastdebug | 1:21.0.6.0.7-1.el8 | ALSA-2025:0426 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | java-21-openjdk-src-fastdebug | 1:21.0.6.0.7-1.el9.alma.1 | ALSA-2025:0426 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | java-21-openjdk-src-slowdebug | 1:21.0.6.0.7-1.el8 | ALSA-2025:0426 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | java-21-openjdk-src-slowdebug | 1:21.0.6.0.7-1.el9.alma.1 | ALSA-2025:0426 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | java-21-openjdk-static-libs | 1:21.0.6.0.7-1.el8 | ALSA-2025:0426 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | java-21-openjdk-static-libs | 1:21.0.6.0.7-1.el9.alma.1 | ALSA-2025:0426 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | java-21-openjdk-static-libs-fastdebug | 1:21.0.6.0.7-1.el8 | ALSA-2025:0426 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | java-21-openjdk-static-libs-fastdebug | 1:21.0.6.0.7-1.el9.alma.1 | ALSA-2025:0426 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | java-21-openjdk-static-libs-slowdebug | 1:21.0.6.0.7-1.el8 | ALSA-2025:0426 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | java-21-openjdk-static-libs-slowdebug | 1:21.0.6.0.7-1.el9.alma.1 | ALSA-2025:0426 |
| Alpine:v3.20 | openjdk11 | 11.0.26_p4-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2025-21502 |
| Alpine:v3.21 | openjdk11 | 11.0.26_p4-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2025-21502 |
| Alpine:v3.22 | openjdk11 | 11.0.26_p4-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2025-21502 |
| Alpine:v3.23 | openjdk11 | 11.0.26_p4-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2025-21502 |
| Alpine:v3.24 | openjdk11 | 11.0.26_p4-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2025-21502 |
| Alpine:v3.20 | openjdk17 | 17.0.14_p7-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2025-21502 |
| Alpine:v3.21 | openjdk17 | 17.0.14_p7-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2025-21502 |
| Alpine:v3.22 | openjdk17 | 17.0.14_p7-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2025-21502 |
| Alpine:v3.23 | openjdk17 | 17.0.14_p7-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2025-21502 |
| Alpine:v3.24 | openjdk17 | 17.0.14_p7-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2025-21502 |
| Alpine:v3.20 | openjdk21 | 21.0.6_p7-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2025-21502 |
| Alpine:v3.21 | openjdk21 | 21.0.6_p7-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2025-21502 |
| Alpine:v3.22 | openjdk21 | 21.0.6_p7-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2025-21502 |
| Alpine:v3.23 | openjdk21 | 21.0.6_p7-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2025-21502 |
| Alpine:v3.24 | openjdk21 | 21.0.6_p7-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2025-21502 |
| Debian:12 | openjdk-17 | 17.0.14+7-1~deb12u1 | DSA-5857-1 |
| Debian:12 | openjdk-17 | 17.0.14+7-1~deb12u1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2025-21502 |
| Debian:13 | openjdk-21 | 21.0.6+7-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2025-21502 |
| Debian:14 | openjdk-21 | 21.0.6+7-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2025-21502 |
| Rocky Linux:8 | java-17-openjdk | 1:17.0.14.0.7-3.el8 | RLSA-2025:0422 |
| Rocky Linux:8 | java-21-openjdk | 1:21.0.6.0.7-1.el8 | RLSA-2025:0426 |
| Rocky Linux:9 | java-21-openjdk | 1:21.0.6.0.7-1.el9 | RLSA-2025:0426 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | openjdk-17 | 17.0.14+7-1~22.04.1 | USN-7253-1 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | openjdk-17 | 17.0.14+7-1~22.04.1 | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-21502 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | openjdk-17 | 17.0.14+7-1~24.04 | USN-7253-1 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | openjdk-17 | 17.0.14+7-1~24.04 | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-21502 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | openjdk-18 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-21502 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | openjdk-21 | 21.0.6+7-1~22.04.1 | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-21502 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | openjdk-21 | 21.0.6+7-1~22.04.1 | USN-7254-1 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | openjdk-21 | 21.0.6+7-1~24.04.1 | USN-7254-1 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | openjdk-21 | 21.0.6+7-1~24.04.1 | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-21502 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | openjdk-lts | 11.0.26+4-1ubuntu1~22.04 | USN-7252-1 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | openjdk-lts | 11.0.26+4-1ubuntu1~22.04 | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-21502 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | openjdk-lts | 11.0.26+4-1ubuntu1~24.04 | USN-7252-1 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | openjdk-lts | 11.0.26+4-1ubuntu1~24.04 | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-21502 |
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Oracle Corporation | Oracle Java SE | Oracle Java SE:8u431-perfOracle Java SE:11.0.25Oracle Java SE:17.0.13Oracle Java SE:21.0.5Oracle Java SE:23.0.1Oracle GraalVM for JDK:17.0.13Oracle GraalVM for JDK:21.0.5Oracle GraalVM for JDK:23.0.1 |
Weakness: CWE-863 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N