Vulnerability in Oracle Java SE (component: JSSE). Supported versions that are affected are Oracle Java SE: 8u491, 8u491-perf, 11.0.31, 17.0.19, 21.0.11, 25.0.3, 26.0.1; Oracle GraalVM for JDK: 17.0.19 and 21.0.11; Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition: 21.3.18. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via TLS to compromise Oracle Java SE. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized creation, deletion or modification access to critical data or all Oracle Java SE accessible data. Note: This vulnerability can only be exploited by supplying data to APIs in the specified Component without using Untrusted Java Web Start applications or Untrusted Java applets, such as through a web service. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 5.9 (Integrity impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N).
CVE-2026-46968
Score 5.9 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-07-22. a secondary CVSS source baseline 5.9; sources differ by 0.0.
- Lower severity and no public exploit yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 5.9
- EG Score
- 5.9(medium)
- EG Risk
- 27(Track)EG Risk 27/100SSVC: Track
EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).
How it’s computedSeverity59% × 45%Exploitation0% × 40%Automatability0% × 15%Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence. - EPSS PROB
- 0%
- EPSS %ILE
- 21%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
July 21, 2026
Last Modified
July 31, 2026
References (1)
- secalert_us@oraclehttps://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2026.html
Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-46968(20)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
- RHSA-2026:52948Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: java-21-ibm-semeru-certified-jdk security update
- RHSA-2026:52949Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: java-1.8.0-ibm security update
- RHSA-2026:52834Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Hardened Images RPMs bug fix and enhancement update
- RHSA-2026:50525Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Hardened Images RPMs bug fix and enhancement update
- RHSA-2026:50281Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Hardened Images RPMs bug fix and enhancement update
- RHSA-2026:48845Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: OpenJDK 25.0.4 Security Update for Windows Builds
- RHSA-2026:46808Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Hardened Images RPMs bug fix and enhancement update
- RHSA-2026:42877Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: java-1.8.0-openjdk security update
- +12 more
Patch Availability(30)
Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.
Affected Packages
(8 across 4 ecosystems)
Debian:14(3)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| openjdk-21 | 21.0.10+7-1 ... 21.0.9~8ea-1 (20 versions) | 21.0.12+8-1 | — |
| openjdk-25 | 25+36-1 ... 25~36ea-1 (22 versions) | 25.0.4+7-1 | — |
| openjdk-26 | 26+35-1 ... 26~9ea-1 (19 versions) | 26.0.2+10-1 | — |
Debian:11(2)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| openjdk-11 | 11.0.12+7-2 ... 11.0.32~8ea-1 (72 versions) | 11.0.32+9-2~deb11u1 | — |
| openjdk-17 | 17+35-1 ... 17~35ea-1 (91 versions) | 17.0.20+8-1~deb11u1 | — |
Debian:13(2)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| openjdk-21 | 21.0.10+7-1 ... 21.0.9~8ea-1 (19 versions) | 21.0.12+8-1~deb13u1 | — |
| openjdk-25 | 25+36-1 ... 25~36ea-1 (21 versions) | 25.0.4+7-1~deb13u1 | — |
Debian:12(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| openjdk-17 | 17.0.10+7-1 ... 17.0.9~6ea-1 (72 versions) | 17.0.20+8-1~deb12u1 | — |
Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Additional Vendor Advisories
(5)
Vendors that published advisories for this CVE beyond the curated set above. Broader coverage but minimal per-row detail — click through for the original advisory.
Data Freshness Timeline
(refreshed 20× in last 7d / 95× in last 30d)
Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.
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- 2026-09-11 09:37 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-09-11 08:51 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-09-11 08:51 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-09-11 08:51 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-09-10 09:34 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-09-09 11:10 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-09-09 11:10 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-09-09 11:09 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-09-08 22:00 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-09-07 22:26 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-09-07 22:26 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-09-07 22:26 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-09-07 16:01 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-09-06 13:47 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-09-06 10:39 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-09-06 10:39 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-09-06 10:38 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-09-05 08:23 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-09-05 08:23 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-09-05 08:23 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-09-04 05:06 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-09-02 14:12 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-09-02 00:55 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-09-02 00:55 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-09-02 00:54 UTCGHSA enrichment
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- 2026-09-01 13:54 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-08-31 00:18 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-08-31 00:18 UTCVendor advisory
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- 2026-08-30 19:17 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-08-30 02:08 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-08-30 02:08 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-08-30 02:08 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-08-30 01:22 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-08-28 21:41 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-08-27 21:16 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-08-27 21:16 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-08-27 21:16 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-08-27 14:25 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-08-26 21:27 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-08-26 21:27 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-08-26 21:27 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-08-26 14:46 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-08-25 18:03 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-08-25 18:03 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-08-25 18:03 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-08-25 13:49 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-08-24 18:47 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-08-24 18:47 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-08-24 18:46 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-08-23 18:42 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-08-23 18:42 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-08-23 18:42 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-08-23 00:19 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-08-22 20:32 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-08-22 20:32 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-08-22 20:32 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-08-21 23:49 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-08-21 22:22 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-08-21 22:22 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-08-21 22:22 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-08-21 00:11 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-08-21 00:11 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-08-21 00:11 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-08-20 22:55 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-08-20 02:00 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-08-20 02:00 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-08-20 02:00 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-08-19 17:04 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-08-19 03:49 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-08-19 03:49 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-08-19 03:49 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-08-18 13:48 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-08-18 05:01 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-08-18 05:01 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-08-18 05:01 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-08-17 13:47 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-08-17 06:50 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-08-17 06:50 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-08-17 06:50 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-08-16 14:56 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-08-16 08:40 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-08-16 08:40 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-08-16 08:40 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-08-16 02:14 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-08-15 10:30 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-08-15 10:30 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-08-15 10:30 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-08-15 01:30 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-08-14 12:19 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-08-14 12:19 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-08-14 12:19 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-08-13 22:00 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-08-13 14:09 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-08-13 14:09 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-08-12 15:58 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-08-12 15:58 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-08-12 15:58 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-08-12 13:51 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-08-11 17:48 UTCEG score recompute
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