CVE-2022-21476

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: 7u331, 8u321, 11.0.14, 17.0.2, 18; Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition: 20.3.5, 21.3.1 and 22.0.0.2. 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 access to critical data or complete access to all Oracle 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 7.5 (Confidentiality impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N).

Published: 2022-04-19 Last update: 2026-05-27 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2022-21476 is rated Moderate Risk (64.7/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.82%). EPSS rose +3.64% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2022-21476

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.19% 3.82% +3.64%
2 2025-11-21 0.94% 0.19% -0.75%
3 2025-11-18 — 0.94% —

Full EPSS history (13 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2022-21476

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 3.9 3.6 [email protected]
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2022-21476

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2022-21476

GHSA-8w54-76vf-9qxj · Severity: high — Vulnerability in the Oracle Java SE, Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition product of Oracle Java SE ...

OS Trackers for CVE-2022-21476

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-2022-21476: 6 source package rows (openjdk11, openjdk13, openjdk15, openjdk17, openjdk17-ppc64le-bootstrap, openjdk8); 28 state rows across 7 repos (3.17-community, 3.18-community, 3.19-community, 3.20-community, 3.21-community, 3.22-community, edge-community); fixed 28, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2022-21476
debian not yet assigned CVE-2022-21476 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 3 source packages (openjdk-11, openjdk-17, openjdk-8), 6 status rows across 3 suites (bookworm, bullseye, sid): resolved 6. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-21476
redhat high — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-21476
suse high — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-21476/
ubuntu medium CVE-2022-21476 medium priority: Ubuntu including 10 source packages (icedtea-web, openjdk-12, …), 140 status rows across 14 suites (bionic, focal, impish, jammy, kinetic, lunar, mantic, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): DNE 76, released 29, needs-triage 16, ignored 12, not-affected 7. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-21476

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2022-21476

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
oracle graalvm 20.3.5 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:graalvm:20.3.5:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*
oracle graalvm 21.3.1 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:graalvm:21.3.1:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*
oracle graalvm 22.0.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:graalvm:22.0.0.2:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*
oracle jdk 7.0 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jdk:7.0:update_331:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle jdk 8.0 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jdk:8.0:update_321:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle jdk 11.0.14 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jdk:11.0.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle jdk 17.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jdk:17.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle jdk 18 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jdk:18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netapp active_iq_unified_manager — cpe:2.3:a:netapp:active_iq_unified_manager:-:*:*:*:*:vmware_vsphere:*:*
netapp active_iq_unified_manager — cpe:2.3:a:netapp:active_iq_unified_manager:-:*:*:*:*:windows:*:*
netapp cloud_insights_acquisition_unit — cpe:2.3:a:netapp:cloud_insights_acquisition_unit:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netapp cloud_secure_agent — cpe:2.3:a:netapp:cloud_secure_agent:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netapp e-series_santricity_os_controller >= 11.0.0, <= 11.70.1 cpe:2.3:a:netapp:e-series_santricity_os_controller:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netapp e-series_santricity_storage_manager — cpe:2.3:a:netapp:e-series_santricity_storage_manager:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netapp e-series_santricity_web_services — cpe:2.3:a:netapp:e-series_santricity_web_services:-:*:*:*:*:web_services_proxy:*:*
netapp element_software — cpe:2.3:a:netapp:element_software:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netapp hci_management_node — cpe:2.3:a:netapp:hci_management_node:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netapp oncommand_insight — cpe:2.3:a:netapp:oncommand_insight:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netapp santricity_unified_manager — cpe:2.3:a:netapp:santricity_unified_manager:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netapp solidfire — cpe:2.3:a:netapp:solidfire:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netapp bootstrap_os — cpe:2.3:o:netapp:bootstrap_os:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 9.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 10.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 11.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
azul zulu 7.52 cpe:2.3:a:azul:zulu:7.52:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
azul zulu 8.60 cpe:2.3:a:azul:zulu:8.60:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
azul zulu 11.54 cpe:2.3:a:azul:zulu:11.54:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
azul zulu 13.46 cpe:2.3:a:azul:zulu:13.46:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
azul zulu 15.38 cpe:2.3:a:azul:zulu:15.38:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
azul zulu 17.32 cpe:2.3:a:azul:zulu:17.32:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle openjdk >= 11, <= 11.0.14 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle openjdk >= 13, <= 13.0.10 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle openjdk >= 15, <= 15.0.6 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle openjdk >= 17, <= 17.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle openjdk 7 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:7:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle openjdk 7 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:7:update1:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle openjdk 7 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:7:update10:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle openjdk 7 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:7:update101:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle openjdk 7 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:7:update11:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle openjdk 7 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:7:update111:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle openjdk 7 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:7:update121:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle openjdk 7 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:7:update13:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle openjdk 7 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:7:update131:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle openjdk 7 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:7:update141:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle openjdk 7 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:7:update15:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle openjdk 7 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:7:update151:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle openjdk 7 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:7:update161:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle openjdk 7 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:7:update17:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle openjdk 7 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:7:update171:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle openjdk 7 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:7:update181:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle openjdk 7 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:7:update191:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle openjdk 7 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:7:update2:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle openjdk 7 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:7:update201:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle openjdk 7 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:7:update21:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle openjdk 7 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:7:update211:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle openjdk 7 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:7:update221:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle openjdk 7 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:7:update231:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle openjdk 7 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:7:update241:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle openjdk 7 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:7:update25:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle openjdk 7 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:7:update251:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle openjdk 7 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:7:update261:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle openjdk 7 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:7:update271:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle openjdk 7 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:7:update281:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle openjdk 7 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:7:update291:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle openjdk 7 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:7:update3:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle openjdk 7 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:7:update301:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle openjdk 7 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:7:update311:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle openjdk 7 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:7:update321:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle openjdk 7 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:7:update331:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle openjdk 7 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:7:update4:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle openjdk 7 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:7:update40:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle openjdk 7 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:7:update45:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle openjdk 7 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:7:update5:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle openjdk 7 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:7:update51:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle openjdk 7 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:7:update55:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle openjdk 7 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:7:update6:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle openjdk 7 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:7:update60:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle openjdk 7 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:7:update65:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle openjdk 7 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:7:update67:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle openjdk 7 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:7:update7:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2022-21476

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