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UBUNTU-CVE-2022-21549
Vulnerability in icedtea-web (UBUNTU-CVE-2022-21549)
Summary
vulnerability in icedtea-web (UBUNTU-CVE-2022-21549). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. Mitigation: upgrade to `17.0.4+8-1~18.04` or later.
AI summary snake-internal / snake-material-v2
A vulnerability tracked as **UBUNTU-CVE-2022-21549** has been found in icedtea-web.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. CVSS score: ?/10.
What to do: upgrade icedtea-web to **17.0.4+8-1~18.04** or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "icedtea-web UBUNTU-CVE-2022-21549" on the vendor's site.
UBUNTU-CVE-2022-21549 (icedtea-web) —
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / unauthenticated / no user interaction
Patched: `17.0.4+8-1~18.04` — 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.
❓ What is the problem
**A vulnerability** (unclassified) exists in icedtea-web.
📍 Affected scope
icedtea-web — .
🔥 Severity
Severity: ?. Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure
🔧 How to fix
Update to **17.0.4+8-1~18.04**.
🛡️ Workaround
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
🔍 Detection
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run `grep -r 'icedtea-web' .` against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.
Response Actions (7 steps)
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
grep -r 'icedtea-web' . | 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 `icedtea-web` を grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。
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6Apply patch patch
Upgrade icedtea-web to 17.0.4+8-1~18.04ステージング環境で 17.0.4+8-1~18.04 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と、Step 3 で見つけた異常検知の続報チェックを含めること。
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7Post-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 Step 3 と同じログクエリでアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
Affected packages
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS
icedtea-web
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS
openjdk-9
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS
openjdk-17
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"17.0.4+8-1~18.04"}]}]
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS
openjdk-lts
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"11.0.16+8-0ubuntu1~18.04"}]}]
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS
icedtea-web
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS
openjdk-17
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"17.0.4+8-1~20.04"}]}]
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS
openjdk-lts
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"11.0.16+8-0ubuntu1~20.04"}]}]
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS
icedtea-web
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS
openjdk-13
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS
openjdk-16
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS
icedtea-web
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS
openjdk-17
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"17.0.4+8-1~22.04"}]}]
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS
openjdk-18
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"18.0.2+9-2~22.04"}]}]
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS
openjdk-lts
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"11.0.16+8-0ubuntu1~22.04"}]}]
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS
icedtea-web
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
Ubuntu:25.10
icedtea-web
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
Ubuntu:26.04:LTS
icedtea-web
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]