CVE-2026-16441

medium

Description

In Eclipse OpenJ9 versions up to 0.60, when executing class files where a previously concrete superclass method has been recompiled as abstract, execution is incorrectly delegated to an interface default method.

References

https://gitlab.eclipse.org/security/cve-assignment/-/work_items/194

https://github.com/eclipse-openj9/openj9/security/advisories/GHSA-hcfc-9hjx-2q7f

https://github.com/eclipse-openj9/openj9/pull/24396

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-07-21

Updated: 2026-08-18

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 10

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

Severity: Critical

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.6

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

Severity: Critical

CVSS v4

Base Score: 6.9

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

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00286