CVE-2026-46917 Denial of service in Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition

Medium 5.3 Published Updated

Unauthenticated attackers can cause partial denial of service in Oracle Java SE and GraalVM via TLS network access.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2026-46917?

CVE-2026-46917 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Oracle Graalvm, published on 21 Jul 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Vulnerability in the Oracle Java SE, Oracle GraalVM for JDK, Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition product of Oracle Java SE (component: JSSE). Supported versions that are affected are Oracle Java SE: 11.0.31, 17.0.19, 21.0.11, 25.0.3, 26.0.1; Oracle GraalVM for JDK: 17.0.19 and 21.0.11; Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition: 21.3.18. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via TLS to compromise Oracle Java SE, Oracle GraalVM for JDK, Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized ability to cause a partial denial of service (partial DOS) of Oracle Java SE, Oracle GraalVM for JDK, Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition. Note: This vulnerability can only be exploited by supplying data to APIs in the specified Component without using Untrusted Java Web Start applications or Untrusted Java applets, such as through a web service. 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).

Weakness: CWE-284

Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-46917?

3 open source packages ship an affected version, including java, java-min and jre. It affects 4 products.

PackageAffectedFixed in
java BitnamiFrom 9.0.011.0.32, 17.0.20, 21.0.12, 25.0.4, 26.0.2
java-min BitnamiFrom 9.0.011.0.32, 17.0.20, 21.0.12, 25.0.4, 26.0.2
jre BitnamiFrom 9.0.011.0.32, 17.0.20, 21.0.12, 25.0.4, 26.0.2

Products include Oracle Graalvm, Oracle Graalvm for Jdk, Oracle Jdk, Oracle Jre.

How do I fix CVE-2026-46917?

Upgrade java to a fixed version for your release line: 11.0.32, 17.0.20, 21.0.12 or 25.0.4.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2026-46917 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-46917 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as BELL-CVE-2026-46917, BIT-java-2026-46917, BIT-java-min-2026-46917, BIT-jre-2026-46917, DEBIAN-CVE-2026-46917, GHSA-x5x7-pvpw-w5hv and 28 more.

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