RHEL 8 : java-1.8.0-ibm (RHSA-2026:52949)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 334416

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-2026:52949 advisory.

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

Security Fix(es):

* Little CMS: lcms2: mm2/Little-CMS: Little CMS: Information disclosure or denial of service via integer overflow in CubeSize (CVE-2026-41254)

* openjdk: Enhance TLS certificate handling (CVE-2026-46968)

* openjdk: Enhance JPEG handling (Oracle CPU 2026-07) (CVE-2026-47010)

* openjdk: Enhance XBM image support (Oracle CPU 2026-07) (CVE-2026-47021)

* openjdk: Enhance Jar file processing (Oracle CPU 2026-07) (CVE-2026-47027)

* openjdk: Enhance AWT ImagingLib (Oracle CPU 2026-07) (CVE-2026-47059)

* openjdk: Enhance Jar handling (Oracle CPU 2026-07) (CVE-2026-47063)

* openjdk: Improve Nashorn index handling (Oracle CPU 2026-07) (CVE-2026-47057)

* openjdk: Enhance Dataview Implementation (Oracle CPU 2026-07) (CVE-2026-47058)

* openjdk: Improve certification checking (Oracle CPU 2026-07) (CVE-2026-60147)

* Eclipse Foundation OpenJ9: Eclipse OpenJ9: Buffer underflow via tracing method arguments (CVE-2026-16439)

* Eclipse OMR: Eclipse OMR: Denial of service via improper input validation in arraycmp SIMD (CVE-2026-16243)

* Eclipse Foundation OpenJ9: Eclipse OpenJ9: Incorrect method delegation can lead to integrity issues (CVE-2026-16441)

* java-1.8.0-ibm: Arbitrary class loading and instantiation via malicious IIOP server (CVE-2026-8400)

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-2026:52949.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 334416

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2026-52949.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 8/10/2026

Updated: 8/10/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 58.16

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Important

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-8400

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.9

Threat Score: 5.6

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-16441

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, 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-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

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/10/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/18/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-16243, CVE-2026-16439, CVE-2026-16441, CVE-2026-41254, CVE-2026-46968, CVE-2026-47010, CVE-2026-47021, CVE-2026-47027, CVE-2026-47057, CVE-2026-47058, CVE-2026-47059, CVE-2026-47063, CVE-2026-60147, CVE-2026-8400

CWE: 124, 1284, 1333, 190, 295, 347, 400, 470, 476, 787, 843

RHSA: 2026:52949

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