Access Control Bypass Affecting openjdk-jre package, versions [,11.0.28)[12.0.0,17.0.16)[18.0.0,21.0.8)[22.0.0,24.0.2)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (17th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UPSTREAM-OPENJDKJRE-11998132
  • published19 Aug 2025
  • disclosed15 Jul 2025
  • creditMartin van Wingerden

Introduced: 15 Jul 2025

CVE-2025-50059  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-284  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade openjdk-jre to version 11.0.28, 17.0.16, 21.0.8, 24.0.2 or higher.

Overview

openjdk-jre is a free and open-source implementation of the Java Platform, Standard Edition (Java SE).

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Access Control Bypass in the HTTP client. An attacker can obtain sensitive information by sending specially crafted HTTP requests that exploit improper header handling.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1