# CVE-2021-35556: Vulnerability in the Java SE, Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition product of Oracle Java SE (component: Swing).

- Severity: CVSS 5.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2021-10-20 · Updated: 2026-05-28

## Affected

- Oracle Corporation Java SE JDK and JRE: Java SE:7u311, Java SE:8u301, Java SE:11.0.12, Java SE:17, Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition:20.3.3, Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition:21.2.0

## Description

Vulnerability in the Java SE, Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition product of Oracle Java SE (component: Swing). Supported versions that are affected are Java SE: 7u311, 8u301, 11.0.12, 17; Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition: 20.3.3 and 21.2.0. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via multiple protocols to compromise Java SE, Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized ability to cause a partial denial of service (partial DOS) of Java SE, Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition. 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). CVSS 3.1 Base Score 5.3 (Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L).

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Oracle Corporation Java SE JDK and JRE, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20211022-0004/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7WTVCIVHTX3XONYOEGUMLKCM4QEC6INT/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GTYZWIXDFUV2H57YQZJWPOD3BC3I3EIQ/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/V362B2BWTH5IJDL45QPQGMBKIQOG7JX5/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6EUURAQOIJYFZHQ7DFZCO6IKDPIAWTNK/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DJILEHYV2U37HKMGFEQ7CAVOV4DUWW2O/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GXTUWAWXVU37GRNIG4TPMA47THO6VAE6/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-5000
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/11/msg00008.html
- https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-5012
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202209-05
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240621-0006/

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