Access Restriction Bypass Affecting openjdk-21-openj9 package, versions <0.59.0-r1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
3.5% (88th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CHAINGUARDLATEST-OPENJDK21OPENJ9-17197996
  • published6 Jun 2026
  • disclosed9 Jul 2008

Introduced: 9 Jul 2008

CVE-2008-3109  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-264  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Chainguard openjdk-21-openj9 to version 0.59.0-r1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream openjdk-21-openj9 package and not the openjdk-21-openj9 package as distributed by Chainguard. See How to fix? for Chainguard relevant fixed versions and status.

Unspecified vulnerability in scripting language support in Sun Java Runtime Environment (JRE) in JDK and JRE 6 Update 6 and earlier allows context-dependent attackers to gain privileges via an untrusted (1) application or (2) applet, as demonstrated by an application or applet that grants itself privileges to (a) read local files, (b) write to local files, or (c) execute local programs.

CVSS Base Scores

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