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RHEL 8 : java-1.8.0-ibm (RHSA-2026:4832)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 302840

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for java-1.8.0-ibm.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2026:4832 advisory.

 IBM Java SE version 8 includes the IBM Java Runtime Environment and the IBM Java Software Development Kit.

 Security Fix(es):

 * openjdk: Improve JMX connections (Oracle CPU 2026-01) (CVE-2026-21925)

 * openjdk: Improve HttpServer Request handling (Oracle CPU 2026-01) (CVE-2026-21933)

 * openjdk: Enhance Certificate Checking (Oracle CPU 2026-01) (CVE-2026-21945)

 For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the RHEL java-1.8.0-ibm package based on the guidance in RHSA-2026:4832.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2429924

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2429926

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2429927

http://www.nessus.org/u?01e2689b

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:4832

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 302840

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2026-4832.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/18/2026

Updated: 3/18/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Important

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-21933

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.8

Temporal Score: 4.2

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-21925

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.8.0-ibm-headless, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.8.0-ibm-webstart, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.8.0-ibm-plugin, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:8.10, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.8.0-ibm-demo, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.8.0-ibm, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.8.0-ibm-jdbc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.8.0-ibm-src, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.8.0-ibm-devel, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/17/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/20/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-21925, CVE-2026-21933, CVE-2026-21945

CWE: 295, 322, 93

RHSA: 2026:4832