Uncontrolled Recursion Affecting openjdk package, versions [0,]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (15th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CONAN-OPENJDK-16352070
  • published3 May 2026
  • disclosed21 Apr 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 21 Apr 2026

NewCVE-2026-22021  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-674  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

A fix was pushed into the master branch but not yet published.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Uncontrolled Recursion via certificate chain validation logic. An attacker can cause a denial of service by supplying a crafted certificate chain that triggers excessive recursion or stack usage during validation, resulting in a stack overflow and process crash.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1