CVE-2026-116486

Public on 2026-10-26
Modified on 2026-10-28
Description
Objenesis before 3.6 contains a type confusion vulnerability that allows code in one class loader to substitute objects into another by exploiting instantiator caching keyed on class name. When a shared ObjenesisStd instance caches instantiators by clazz.getName() in ObjenesisBase.getInstantiatorOf(), same-named classes collide, causing newInstance() to return wrong-class objects and ClassCastException failures.
Severity
Medium severity
Medium
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CVSS v3 Base Score
4.5
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory Status
Amazon Linux 2023 javapackages-bootstrap Pending Fix
Amazon Linux 2027 Preview javapackages-bootstrap Pending Fix
Amazon Linux 2023 objenesis Pending Fix
Amazon Linux 2027 Preview objenesis Pending Fix

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 4.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L