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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-16439

medium Nessus Plugin ID 333360

Synopsis

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed with a vulnerability that the vendor indicates will not be patched.

Description

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

 - In Eclipse OpenJ9 versions up to 0.60, using -Xtrace to trace method arguments can lead to buffer underflow. (CVE-2026-16439)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

Solution

There is no known solution at this time.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2026-16439

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 333360

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2026_16439.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 8/7/2026

Updated: 8/7/2026

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 58.16

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-16439

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 9

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:U/RC:C

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.8

Threat Score: 2

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:centos:centos:8, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:java-1.8.0-ibm-demo, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:java-1.8.0-ibm-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:java-1.8.0-ibm-headless, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:java-1.8.0-ibm-jdbc, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:java-1.8.0-ibm-plugin, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:java-1.8.0-ibm-src, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:java-1.8.0-ibm-webstart, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:java-1.8.0-ibm, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:java-21-ibm-semeru-certified-jdk-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:java-21-ibm-semeru-certified-jdk-headless, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:java-21-ibm-semeru-certified-jdk-jmods, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:java-21-ibm-semeru-certified-jdk-src, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:java-21-ibm-semeru-certified-jdk, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.8.0-ibm-demo, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.8.0-ibm-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.8.0-ibm-headless, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.8.0-ibm-jdbc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.8.0-ibm-plugin, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.8.0-ibm-src, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.8.0-ibm-webstart, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.8.0-ibm, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-21-ibm-semeru-certified-jdk-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-21-ibm-semeru-certified-jdk-headless, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-21-ibm-semeru-certified-jdk-jmods, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-21-ibm-semeru-certified-jdk-src, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-21-ibm-semeru-certified-jdk

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/local_checks_enabled, global_settings/vendor_unpatched, Host/OS/identifier

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/21/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-16439