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Go to dashboardAn unspecified flaw in the HotSpot component of Oracle's Java Runtime Environment lets a remote attacker affect data integrity. CISA lists it as actively exploited in the wild.
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First seen by InfraStack 2026-10-23 19:11 UTC, 3h before NVD. All times on this page are UTC.
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| Product | Ecosystem | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oracle Java Runtime Environment (JRE) | vendor | – | – |
Run java -version on each host and compare against the Oracle Java release that includes the fix; unknown which exact versions are affected from the sources.
Update Oracle JRE to a release that includes the vendors fix for CVE-2013-2423, per Oracles advisory; exact fixed version unknown from the sources.
Each row is the first time that source carried this signal. The analyst’s rows are its own findings.
Unspecified vulnerability in the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) component in Oracle Java SE 7 Update 17 and earlier, and OpenJDK 7, allows remote attackers to affect integrity via unknown vectors related to HotSpot. NOTE: the previous information is from the April 2013 CPU. Oracle has not commented on claims from the original researcher that this vulnerability allows remote attackers to bypass permission checks by the MethodHandles method and modify arbitrary public final fields using reflection and type confusion, as demonstrated using integer and double fields to disable the security manager.
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