CVE-2026-74516: Software Security Vulnerability Vulnerability
HIGHCVE-2026-74516 is a HIGH (CVSS 8.2) security vulnerability vulnerability (General Security Weakness) affecting Software libraries in the Maven ecosystem. Remediation is available in the latest vendor maintenance releases.
CVE-2026-74516 at a Glance
Security Impact
CVSS: 8.2
The security impact metrics below are parsed directly from the CVSS v3.1 vector string (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H).
How to Fix CVE-2026-74516
To remediate this vulnerability, upgrade all affected Software dependencies to a patched release. Both direct and transitive dependencies should be checked, as frameworks or security libraries may pull in vulnerable versions transitively.
Run the following command in your project directory to verify that all resolved dependencies use the patched release:
mvn dependency:treeHow to Check if You Are Affected
To determine whether your Java application is affected by CVE-2026-74516, inspect your build dependencies using the Maven Dependency Plugin:
mvn dependency:treeAnalyze the terminal output to locate any version of Software in your dependency tree. If any resolved version matches the vulnerable ranges listed in the table below (for example, versions earlier than the patched release), your application is affected.
Note: The mvn dependency:tree command inspects the resolved dependency graph declared in your project's POM files; it does not perform automated security scanning or inspect runtime dynamic classpaths. Always verify runtime container classpaths and shaded JARs.
Technical Details
Vulnerability Mechanism & Technical Analysis
This vulnerability is classified under General Security Weakness. In Software, software state validation or input boundaries are circumvented during processing. Review the official source advisory statement below for specific affected components, classes, and reproduction details.
Source Advisory Statement
References
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Machine-readable OSV JSON
OSV v1.5 Schema
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"id" : "GHSA-p473-wqx8-95rq",
"modified" : "2026-08-19T18:32:29Z",
"published" : "2026-08-15T15:30:35Z",
"aliases" : [ "CVE-2026-74516" ],
"details" : "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nKVM: SVM: Update x2APIC MSR intercepts if AVIC is inhibited while L2 is active\n\nAlways update x2APIC MSR intercepts for L1 when AVIC is deactivated, even\nif L2 is active and KVM is using a separate MSR bitmap to run L2. If AVIC\nis fully enabled prior to running L2, and is then inhibited while L2 is\nactive (for a VM-scoped inhibit), then KVM will run L1 with AVIC disabled,\nbut with x2APIC MSR intercepts disabled, i.e. will allow L1 to read most of\nthe host's APIC state, send arbitrary interrupts, change task priority, and\nultimately trivially DoS the host.\n\nE.g. sending a self-IPI in L1 on HYPERV_REENLIGHTENMENT_VECTOR, 0xee, with\nCONFIG_HYPERV=n in the host kernel as a \"safe\" PoC, yields:\n\n Spurious interrupt (vector 0xee) on CPU#425. Acked\n\nAnd hacking KVM to abuse kvm_set_posted_intr_wakeup_handler() to register a\nhandler and WARN on POSTED_INTR_WAKEUP_VECTOR yields:\n\n ------------[ cut here ]------------\n WARNING: arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c:5594 at pi_wakeup_handler+0x9/0x10 [kvm_amd], CPU#156: nested_x2apic_t/316940\n CPU: 156 UID: 0 PID: 316940 Comm: nested_x2apic_t Tainted: G S U\n Tainted: [S]=CPU_OUT_OF_SPEC, [U]=USER\n Hardware name: Google Astoria-Turin/astoria, BIOS 0.20260209.0-0 02/09/2026\n RIP: 0010:pi_wakeup_handler+0x9/0x10 [kvm_amd]\n Call Trace:\n <IRQ>\n sysvec_kvm_posted_intr_wakeup_ipi+0x64/0x80\n </IRQ>\n <TASK>\n asm_sysvec_kvm_posted_intr_wakeup_ipi+0x1a/0x20\n RIP: 0010:vcpu_run+0x1430/0x1e40 [kvm]\n kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run+0x2c1/0x600 [kvm]\n kvm_vcpu_ioctl+0x580/0x6b0 [kvm]\n __se_sys_ioctl+0x6d/0xb0\n do_syscall_64+0x10a/0x480\n entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x4b/0x53\n RIP: 0033:0x46ff4b\n </TASK>\n ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---",
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"url" : "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4ca05385b3ddbd463be17c6d69ec76fca657081d"
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"severity" : "HIGH",
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