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CVE-2026-16440 (GCVE-0-2026-16440)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-19 10:12 – Updated: 2026-08-19 15:39
VLAI
Summary
In Eclipse OpenJ9 versions up to 0.60, a crafted .class file with deeply nested annotations causes a segmentation fault.
Severity
5.7 (Medium)
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:L
SSVC
Exploitation: poc Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-08-19 15:39 UTC
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Eclipse Foundation Eclipse OpenJ9 Affected: 0.8.0 , < 0.60 (semver)
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Credits
Sebastian Josue Alba Vives
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