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CVE-2021-41035

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2021-10-25 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-250

Description

In Eclipse Openj9 before version 0.29.0, the JVM does not throw IllegalAccessError for MethodHandles that invoke inaccessible interface methods.

Affected products

• The Eclipse Foundation Eclipse OpenJ9: before 0.29.0 — fixed in 0.29.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: The Eclipse Foundation Eclipse OpenJ9 0.29.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=576395
• https://github.com/eclipse-openj9/openj9/pull/13740
• https://gitlab.eclipse.org/eclipsefdn/emo-team/emo/-/issues/104
• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240621-0006/
• https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=576395
• https://github.com/eclipse-openj9/openj9/pull/13740
• https://gitlab.eclipse.org/eclipsefdn/emo-team/emo/-/issues/104
• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240621-0006/

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