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RHEL 7 : java-1.8.0-openjdk (RHSA-2026:9682)

high Nessus Plugin ID 309748

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2026:9682 advisory.

 The java-1.8.0-openjdk packages provide the OpenJDK 8 Java Runtime Environment and the OpenJDK 8 Java Software Development Kit.

 Security Fix(es):

 * JDK: Enhance crypto algorithm support (CVE-2026-22007)

 * JDK: Improve Kerberos credentialing (CVE-2026-22013)

 * JDK: Enhance Path Factories Redux (CVE-2026-22016)

 * JDK: Enhance Zip file reading (CVE-2026-22018)

 * JDK: Enhance certificate chain validation (CVE-2026-22021)

 * JDK: Updating FreeType 2.14.1 (CVE-2026-23865)

 * JDK: Enhance key generation (CVE-2026-34268)

 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-openjdk package based on the guidance in RHSA-2026:9682.

See Also

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

http://www.nessus.org/u?4a4f4bfe

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:9682

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 309748

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2026-9682.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/22/2026

Updated: 4/22/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.1

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Important

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-22016

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.8.0-openjdk-javadoc-zip, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.8.0-openjdk-headless, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.8.0-openjdk-accessibility, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.8.0-openjdk-demo, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.8.0-openjdk-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.8.0-openjdk-javadoc, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_els:7, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.8.0-openjdk-src, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.8.0-openjdk

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: 4/22/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/2/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-22007, CVE-2026-22013, CVE-2026-22016, CVE-2026-22018, CVE-2026-22021, CVE-2026-23865, CVE-2026-34268

CWE: 125, 319, 327, 611, 674

RHSA: 2026:9682