CVE-2025-21502

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).

Published: 2025-01-21 Last update: 2025-06-18 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Analyzed，CVE State: published
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CVE-2025-21502 is rated Low Risk (34.6/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.22%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2025-21502

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 2026-03-02 0.26% 0.22% -0.04%
2 2026-03-01 0.08% 0.26% +0.17%
3 2025-11-21 — 0.08% —

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2025-21502

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.8 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/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:H)
Even with access, the exploit needs extra luck, timing, or a fussy environment to actually work.
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:L)
Some sensitive info could get out, but not a total data dump.
Integrity (I:L)
Attackers could change some data, but it’s limited—not everything goes.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
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Weakness enumeration for CVE-2025-21502

OS Trackers for CVE-2025-21502

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-2025-21502: 4 source package rows (openjdk11, openjdk17, openjdk21, openjdk23); 10 state rows across 3 repos (3.21-community, 3.22-community, edge-community); fixed 10, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2025-21502
debian unimportant CVE-2025-21502 unimportant priority: Debian including 4 source packages (openjdk-11, openjdk-17, openjdk-21, openjdk-8), 9 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 9. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-21502
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-21502
suse medium CVE-2025-21502 severity moderate: SUSE including 478 source package names (10.1.34-openjdk11-62.13:java-11-openjdk-11.0.26.0-150000.3.122.1, 10.1.34-openjdk11-62.13:java-11-openjdk-headless-11.0.26.0-150000.3.122.1, …), 925 product×package rows across 99 product lines (Container bci/kiwi, Container bci/openjdk, … (99 product lines)): Fixed 575, Known Affected 231, Known Not Affected 119. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-21502/
ubuntu medium CVE-2025-21502 medium priority: Ubuntu including 13 source packages (openjdk-13, openjdk-16, …), 102 status rows across 10 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): DNE 49, not-affected 18, released 17, needs-triage 13, ignored 5. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-21502

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2025-21502

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
oracle graalvm 20.3.16 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:graalvm:20.3.16:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*
oracle graalvm 21.3.12 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:graalvm:21.3.12:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*
oracle graalvm_for_jdk 17.0.13 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:graalvm_for_jdk:17.0.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle graalvm_for_jdk 21.0.5 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:graalvm_for_jdk:21.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle graalvm_for_jdk 23.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:graalvm_for_jdk:23.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle jdk 1.8.0 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jdk:1.8.0:update431:*:*:enterprise_performance_pack:*:*:*
oracle jdk 11.0.25 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jdk:11.0.25:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle jdk 17.0.13 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jdk:17.0.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle jdk 21.0.5 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jdk:21.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle jdk 23.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jdk:23.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle jre 1.8.0 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jre:1.8.0:update431:*:*:enterprise_performance_pack:*:*:*
oracle jre 11.0.25 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jre:11.0.25:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle jre 17.0.13 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jre:17.0.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle jre 21.0.5 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jre:21.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle jre 23.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jre:23.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 11.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 brocade_san_navigator — cpe:2.3:a:netapp:brocade_san_navigator:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netapp data_infrastructure_insights_storage_workload_security_agent — cpe:2.3:a:netapp:data_infrastructure_insights_storage_workload_security_agent:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netapp oncommand_insight — cpe:2.3:a:netapp:oncommand_insight:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netapp oncommand_workflow_automation — cpe:2.3:a:netapp:oncommand_workflow_automation:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netapp bootstrap_os — cpe:2.3:o:netapp:bootstrap_os:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2025-21502

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