CVE-2026-6918 (GCVE-0-2026-6918)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-05 12:29 – Updated: 2026-06-30 12:11
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Summary
In Eclipse Open9J versions 0.21 to 0.58, a pre-authentication remote attacker can crash JITServer by sending a 32-byte crafted TCP message.
Severity ?
8.7 (High)
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CWE
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Eclipse Foundation Eclipse OpenJ9 Affected: 0.21 , < 0.59 (semver)
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Credits
Sebastian Josue Alba Vives
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