Security advisory

{
  "id": "bd8778f212e277a59458929239407c4e1cbcc141ca3e30afca5efecc8f754cdb",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-12539",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2018-12539",
    "summary": "In Eclipse OpenJ9 version 0.8, users other than the process owner may be able to use Java Attach API to connect to an Eclipse OpenJ9 or IBM JVM on the same machine and use Attach API operations, which includes the ability to execute untrusted native code. Attach API is enabled by default on Windows, Linux and AIX JVMs and can be disabled using the command line option -Dcom.ibm.tools.attach.enable=no.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2018-12539",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2018-12539",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2018-12539"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/eclipse-openj9/openj9",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "e24e8aa9bdffadfff8564ac605b0003928dcd1aa"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "e24e8aa9bdffadfff8564ac605b0003928dcd1aa"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:eclipse:openj9:0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "0.8"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "0.8"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_STRING"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "0.8",
            "openj9-0.8.0-rc2",
            "openj9-0.8.0"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2018-12539.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:41.127232479Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2568",
        "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2569",
        "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2575",
        "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2576",
        "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2712",
        "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2713",
        "https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=534589",
        "https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2019-5072813.html"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
        "unresolved_ranges": [
          {
            "cpes": [
              "cpe:2.3:a:oracle:enterprise_manager_base_platform:13.2.0.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
              "cpe:2.3:a:oracle:enterprise_manager_base_platform:13.3.0.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "vendor_product": "oracle:enterprise_manager_base_platform",
            "extracted_events": [
              {
                "range": [
                  {
                    "introduced": "13.2.0.0.0"
                  },
                  {
                    "last_affected": "13.2.0.0.0"
                  },
                  {
                    "introduced": "13.3.0.0.0"
                  },
                  {
                    "last_affected": "13.3.0.0.0"
                  }
                ],
                "source": "CPE_STRING"
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2018-12539",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 435079,
  "published_at": "2018-08-14T19:29:00.387+00:00"
}