Vulnerability in java (CVE-2022-21476)
Summary
Vulnerability in java (CVE-2022-21476). Confidential information can be exposed externally. Mitigation: upgrade to 1.7.0, 1.8.0, 7.0.341, 8.0.331, 11.0.15, 17.0.3, 18.0.1 or later.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
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).
Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) NVD GitHub Advisory OSV
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2022-21476 has been found in java.
Confidential information can be exposed externally. CVSS score: 7.5/10.
What to do: upgrade java to 1.7.0, 1.8.0, 7.0.341, 8.0.331, 11.0.15, 17.0.3, 18.0.1 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "java CVE-2022-21476" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2022-21476 (java) — CWE-284 / CVSS v3 7.5
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / unauthenticated / no user interaction
Patched: 1.7.0, 1.8.0, 7.0.341, 8.0.331, 11.0.15, 17.0.3, 18.0.1 — apply immediately
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
A vulnerability (CWE-284) exists in java.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of java.
Severity: High (CVSS 7.5/10). Confidential information can be exposed externally.
Update to 1.7.0, 1.8.0, 7.0.341, 8.0.331, 11.0.15, 17.0.3, 18.0.1.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run grep -r 'java' . against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
grep -r 'java' . | grep -v node_modulesリポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で
javaを grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。 -
2Apply patch patch
Upgrade java to 1.7.0, 1.8.0, 7.0.341, 8.0.331, 11.0.15, 17.0.3, 18.0.1ステージング環境で 1.7.0, 1.8.0, 7.0.341, 8.0.331, 11.0.15, 17.0.3, 18.0.1 に上げて回帰テスト → 本番反映。回帰テストはアプリの主要ハッピーパスを含めること。
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3Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
Affected packages
Fix status by distribution
Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE
- Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2022-21476 openjdk-11 Fixed in: 11.0.15+10-1~deb11u1
- Ubuntu UBUNTU-CVE-2022-21476 openjdk-8 Fixed in: 8u342-b07-0ubuntu1~16.04
References
- advisory lists.debian.org
- advisory security.netapp.com
- advisory debian.org
- advisory debian.org
- patch oracle.com
- web nvd.nist.gov
- web security.netapp.com
- web github.com