SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : java-21-openjdk (SUSE-SU-2026:1705-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 313672

Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLED_SAP15 / SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2026:1705-1 advisory.

Update to upstream tag jdk-21.0.11+10 (April 2026 CPU).

Security issues fixed:

- CVE-2026-22007: Security: unauthenticated attacker with logon to the infrastructure where java executes can gain unauthorized read access to a subset of accessible data (bsc#1262490).
- CVE-2026-22013: JGSS: unauthenticated attacker with network access via multiple protocols can gain unauthorized access to critical data (bsc#1262494).
- CVE-2026-22016: JAXP: unauthenticated attacker with network access via multiple protocols can gain unauthorized to access critical data (bsc#1262495).
- CVE-2026-22018: Libraries: unauthenticated attacker with network access via multiple protocols can cause a partial denial of service (bsc#1262496).
- CVE-2026-22021: JSSE: unauthenticated attacker with network access via HTTPS can cause a partial denial of service (bsc#1262497).
- CVE-2026-23865: freetype2: integer overflow in the `tt_var_load_item_variation_store` function allows for an out-of-bounds read when parsing HVAR/VVAR/MVAR tables in OpenType variable fonts(bsc#1259118).
- CVE-2026-34268: Security: unauthenticated attacker with logon to the infrastructure where java executes can gain unauthorized read access to a subset of data (bsc#1262500).
- CVE-2026-34282: Networking: unauthenticated attacker with network access via multiple protocols can cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (bsc#1262501).

Other updates and bugfixes:

- Provide the timezone-java and tzdata-java (jsc#PED-15898).

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE 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 affected java-21-openjdk, java-21-openjdk-demo, java-21-openjdk-devel and / or java-21-openjdk-headless packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 313672

File Name: suse_SU-2026-1705-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 5/10/2026

Updated: 5/10/2026

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.1

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:novell:suse_linux:java-21-openjdk-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:java-21-openjdk-demo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:java-21-openjdk, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:java-21-openjdk-headless, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/6/2026

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, CVE-2026-34282

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2026:1705-1

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