CVE-2009-2689: Sun Java SE

High severity, CVSS 10.0. EPSS: 2.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

JDK13Services.getProviders in Sun Java SE 5.0 before Update 20 and 6 before Update 15, and OpenJDK, grants full privileges to instances of unspecified object types, which allows context-dependent attackers to bypass intended access restrictions via an untrusted (1) applet or (2) application.

Affected products

• Sun Java SE: up to and including 5.0; up to and including 6
• Sun Openjdk: any version

Published 2009-08-10. Last modified 2026-06-16.