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Fencer Vulns
medium 6.5

CVE-2026-46718 json

Apache Calcite: A user-controled model can load arbitrary classes, leading to code execution

published 2026-06-02 5 mo ago modified 2026-09-10 1 mo ago also EUVD-2026-33906 , GHSA-c2rv-hwqm-wjpg

cvss
6.5
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.4%
EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 38%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Use of Externally-Controlled Input to Select Classes or Code ('Unsafe Reflection') vulnerability in Apache Calcite.

This issue affects Apache Calcite: from 1.5.0 before 1.42.

Users are recommended to upgrade to version 1.42, which fixes the issue.

Patch / fix

  • maven org.apache.calcite:calcite-core 1.42.0
  • Apache Software Foundation Apache Calcite 1.42

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2026-46718 updated cvss 5.4

calcite: org.apache.calcite.avatica/avatica-core: Apache Calcite: Unsafe Reflection vulnerability allows externally-controlled input to select classes or code.

  • Red Hat Cryostat 4 avatica-core Red Hat Fuse 7 avatica-core Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform Expansion Pack avatica-core
    affected: workaround, no fix available “Fix deferred”

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
5 mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.44% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 38% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CISA ADP 3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
GitHub 3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
CNA 3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
maven org.apache.calcite:calcite-core
>=1.5.0, <1.42.0
1.42.0

Affected products

  • Apache Software Foundation Apache Calcite

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-470 Use of Externally-Controlled Input to Select Classes or Code

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.

CPEs and fixed versions use Anchore's correction of NVD's data: Added CPE configurations because not yet analyzed by NVD.