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  - Vulnerability in the Oracle Java SE, Oracle GraalVM for JDK, Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition product of     Oracle Java SE (component: AWT, JavaFX). Supported versions that are affected are Oracle Java SE: 8u471,     8u471-b50, 8u471-perf, 11.0.29, 17.0.17, 21.0.9, 25.0.1; Oracle GraalVM for JDK: 17.0.17 and 21.0.9;
    Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition: 21.3.16. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated     attacker with network access via multiple protocols to compromise Oracle Java SE, Oracle GraalVM for JDK,     Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition. Successful attacks require human interaction from a person other than     the attacker and while the vulnerability is in Oracle Java SE, Oracle GraalVM for JDK, Oracle GraalVM     Enterprise Edition, attacks may significantly impact additional products (scope change). Successful     attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized creation, deletion or modification access to     critical data or all Oracle Java SE, Oracle GraalVM for JDK, Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition accessible     data. Note: This vulnerability applies to Java deployments, typically in clients running sandboxed Java     Web Start applications or sandboxed Java applets, that load and run untrusted code (e.g., code that comes     from the internet) and rely on the Java sandbox for security. This vulnerability does not apply to Java     deployments, typically in servers, that load and run only trusted code (e.g., code installed by an     administrator). (CVE-2026-21932)

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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-21932

high Nessus Plugin ID 297694

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Version 1.3 Feb 5, 2026, 4:41 PM CVSS metrics ("CVSSv2 score" set to 7.8) CVSS metrics ("CVSSv2 vector" set to "CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:N") CVSSv2 severity (based on CVE-2026-21932, severity increased from "Low" to "High") Plugin Feed: 202602051641
Version 1.2 Feb 4, 2026, 2:23 PM Detection (updated detection logic) Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202602041423
Version 1.1 Feb 4, 2026, 6:31 AM New Plugin Feed: 202602040631