CVE-2021-41041

MEDIUM
5.3
CVSS Score
Published: April 27, 2022 at 02:10 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 04:07 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsJava SEOpenJ9

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Severity
MEDIUM5.3
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%

Description

In Eclipse Openj9 before version 0.32.0, Java 8 & 11 fail to throw the exception captured during bytecode verification when verification is triggered by a MethodHandle invocation, allowing unverified methods to be invoked using MethodHandles.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 0.32.0
Affected range stops below 0.32.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

References (2)

x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=579744
x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/eclipse-openj9/openj9/pull/14935

CVSS

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
LOW
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-252CWE-843CWE-908

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