openSUSE 16 Security Update : java-21-openj9 (openSUSE-SU-2026:20947-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 321009

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote openSUSE 16 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the openSUSE-SU-2026:20947-1 advisory.

Changes in java-21-openj9:

- Make post scripts less noisy (bsc#1267355)

- Use libalternatives instead of update-alternatives for distributions where libalternatives is available

- Update to OpenJDK 21.0.11 with OpenJ9 0.59.0 virtual machine
- Including Oracle April 2026 CPU changes
* CVE-2026-22007 (bsc#1262490), CVE-2026-22013 (bsc#1262494), CVE-2026-22016 (bsc#1262495), CVE-2026-22018 (bsc#1262496), CVE-2026-22021 (bsc#1262497), CVE-2026-23865 (bsc#1259118), CVE-2026-34268 (bsc#1262500), CVE-2026-34282 (bsc#1262501)
- OpenJ9 specific security fix
* CVE-2026-1188 (bsc#1265261)
* OpenJ9 changes, see https://www.eclipse.org/openj9/docs/version0.59/

- Update to OpenJDK 21.0.10 with OpenJ9 0.57.0 virtual machine
- Including Oracle January 2026 CPU changes
* CVE-2026-21925 (bsc#1257034), CVE-2026-21932 (bsc#1257036), CVE-2026-21933 (bsc#1257037), CVE-2026-21945 (bsc#1257038)
* OpenJ9 changes, see https://www.eclipse.org/openj9/docs/version0.57/

- Do not depend on update-desktop-files (jsc#PED-14507)

- Update to OpenJDK 21.0.9 with OpenJ9 0.56.0 virtual machine
- Including Oracle October 2025 CPU changes
* CVE-2025-53057 (bsc#1252414), CVE-2025-53066 (bsc#1252417), CVE-2025-61748 (bsc#1252418)
* OpenJ9 changes, see https://www.eclipse.org/openj9/docs/version0.56/

- Update to OpenJDK 21.0.8 with OpenJ9 0.53.0 virtual machine
- Including Oracle July 2025 CPU changes
* CVE-2025-30749 (bsc#1246595), CVE-2025-30754 (bsc#1246598), CVE-2025-50059 (bsc#1246575), CVE-2025-50106 (bsc#1246584)
* OpenJ9 changes, see https://www.eclipse.org/openj9/docs/version0.53/
- Enable bootcycle build

- Do not embed rebuild counter (bsc#1246806)

- Add -std=gnu99 to CFLAGS to fix gcc15 compile time error. Since the C++ part is on -std=gnu++98, this is the closest.

- Update to OpenJDK 21.0.7 with OpenJ9 0.51.0 virtual machine
- Including Oracle April 2025 CPU changes
* CVE-2025-21587 (bsc#1241274), CVE-2025-30691 (bsc#1241275), CVE-2025-30698 (bsc#1241276)
* OpenJ9 changes, see https://www.eclipse.org/openj9/docs/version0.51/

- fix wrong execstack flag in libj9jit (bsc#1235844)

- Update to OpenJDK 21.0.6 with OpenJ9 0.49.0 virtual machine
- Including Oracle October 2024 and January 2025 CPU changes
* CVE-2024-21208 (bsc#1231702), CVE-2024-21210 (bsc#1231711), CVE-2024-21217 (bsc#1231716), CVE-2024-21235 (bsc#1231719), CVE-2025-21502 (bsc#1236278)
* OpenJ9 changes, see https://www.eclipse.org/openj9/docs/version0.49/

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 packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 321009

File Name: openSUSE-2026-20947-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 6/14/2026

Updated: 6/14/2026

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-1188

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.9

Threat Score: 2.7

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:L/SI:L/SA:L

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:16.0, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:java-21-openj9-demo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:java-21-openj9-javadoc, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:java-21-openj9-headless, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:java-21-openj9-jmods, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:java-21-openj9-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:java-21-openj9-src, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:java-21-openj9

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: 6/12/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/15/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-21208, CVE-2024-21210, CVE-2024-21217, CVE-2024-21235, CVE-2025-21502, CVE-2025-21587, CVE-2025-30691, CVE-2025-30698, CVE-2025-30749, CVE-2025-30754, CVE-2025-50059, CVE-2025-50106, CVE-2025-53057, CVE-2025-53066, CVE-2025-61748, CVE-2026-1188, CVE-2026-21925, CVE-2026-21932, CVE-2026-21933, CVE-2026-21945, CVE-2026-22007, CVE-2026-22013, CVE-2026-22016, CVE-2026-22018, CVE-2026-22021, CVE-2026-23865, CVE-2026-34268, CVE-2026-34282

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