CVE-2026-16440

medium

Description

In Eclipse OpenJ9 versions up to 0.60, a crafted .class file with deeply nested annotations causes a segmentation fault.

References

https://github.com/eclipse-openj9/openj9/security/advisories/GHSA-ch6r-v7rg-4jqx

https://github.com/eclipse-openj9/openj9/pull/24572

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-08-19

Updated: 2026-08-19

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical

CVSS v4

Base Score: 5.7

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:L

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00235