Security Bulletin: CVE-2022-21426 may affect IBM® SDK, Java™ Technology Edition

Summary

CVE-2022-21426 was disclosed as part of the Oracle April 2022 Critical Patch Update.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2022-21426
**DESCRIPTION:**An unspecified vulnerability in Java SE related to the JAXP component could allow an unauthenticated attacker to cause a denial of service resulting in a low availability impact using unknown attack vectors.
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/224714 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)

Affected Products and Versions

7.1.0.0 - 7.1.5.16
8.0.0.0 - 8.0.7.20

Remediation/Fixes

7.1.5.17 (restricted access)
8.0.8.0

IBM SDK, Java Technology Edition releases can be downloaded, subject to the terms of the developerWorks license, from the Java Developer Center.

IBM customers requiring an update for an SDK shipped with an IBM product should contact IBM support, and/or refer to the appropriate product security bulletin.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None