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Improper Privilege Management Affecting openjdk-jre package, versions [,1.8.0_401) [11.0.0,11.0.22) [17.0.0,17.0.10) [21.0.0,21.0.2)

0.0
high

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity High
    Confidentiality High
    Integrity High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.08% (34th percentile)
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NVD
7.4 high
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Red Hat
7.4 high
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SUSE
7.4 high

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-UPSTREAM-OPENJDKJRE-6164702
  • published 17 Jan 2024
  • disclosed 16 Jan 2024
  • credit Yi Yang
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Introduced: 16 Jan 2024

CVE-2024-20918 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-269 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade openjdk-jre to version 8.0.401, 11.0.22, 17.0.10, 21.0.2 or higher.

Overview

openjdk-jre is a free and open-source implementation of the Java Platform, Standard Edition (Java SE).

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Privilege Management in the hotspot/compiler component.

Note This is only exploitable if the attacker utilizes APIs in the specified component, such as through a web service that provides data to the APIs. Additionally, the vulnerability affects Java deployments that execute untrusted code, relying on the Java sandbox for security.