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CVE-2026-116486VulnerabilityPublished

Objenesis before 3.6 contains a type confusion vulnerability that allows code in one class loader to substitute

Source GCVE Database

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Authoritative record:CVE-2026-116486· Low 2.0

Not known to be exploited · CVSS 2.0 Low : upgrade to 3.6 when convenient.

Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 16:50 UTC

CVSS 4.0 base score
2.0Low
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
Patch
Available – fixed in 3.6
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 26 Oct 2026

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponised: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 26 Oct 2026.

What to do

Upgrade objenesis and easymock/objenesis to 3.6.

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
easymockobjenesisAffected
  • <3.6
Fixed in
  • 3.6
Maveneasymock/objenesispkg:maven/easymock/objenesisOther threatsAffected
  • <3.6
Fixed in
  • 3.6

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AI-suggested

If you cannot patch yet, avoid sharing ObjenesisStd instances across class loaders or isolate class loader usage to prevent instantiator caching collisions.

Description

Objenesis versions before 3.6 have a type confusion vulnerability due to instantiator caching keyed on class name, which can cause objects from one class loader to be substituted for those of another. This leads to ClassCastException failures when newInstance() returns objects of the wrong class.

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