CVE-2026-101737

Status: Awaiting AnalysisMedium (5.9)—

Severity5.9Medium · CVSS 3.1

Exploitation probability0.33 %higher than 24% of CVEs

Active exploitationNonot in the CISA catalog

Public exploitNot knownno public code found

Vulnerability in Oracle Java SE (component: Compiler). The supported version that is affected is Oracle Java SE: 26.0.2. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via multiple protocols to compromise Oracle Java SE. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS) of Oracle Java SE. 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 5.9 (Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H).

CVSS

Base score: 5.9
Version: 3.1
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.33 %
Percentile among all scored CVEs: 24
Score date: 10/24/2026

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

ATT&CK techniques

How this vulnerability is exploited and what the attacker gains, in MITRE ATT&CK terms.

ExploitationT1190 Exploit Public-Facing Applicationinitial access85 %
Primary impactT1499 Endpoint Denial of Serviceimpact90 %

Vector AV:N/PR:N/UI:N sin interacción del usuario → T1190; el texto describe una caída o cuelgue repetible (DoS completo) de Java SE al suministrar datos a APIs del compilador.

Inferred by our analysis agent from the official description, CVSS vector and CWE, and checked by a supervisor. May contain errors.

ATT&CK mitigations that cover these techniques

Filter Network Traffic Vulnerability Scanning Privileged Account Management Network Segmentation Limit Access to Resource Over Network Application Isolation and Sandboxing

Affected technologies (1)

⚠ AI-inferred from the description — NVD hasn't analyzed this CVE yet, these aren't verified CPEs.

Oracle — Java SE^AI

CWEs

CWE-284

References

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https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2026.html

Raw JSON (NVD)

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