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Oracle Linux 8 / 9 : java-17-openjdk (ELSA-2026-42887)

high Nessus Plugin ID 335269

Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 8 / 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2026-42887 advisory.

 [1:17.0.20.0.8-1.1.0.1]
 - Add Oracle vendor bug URL [Orabug: 34340155]

 [1:17.0.20.0.8-1.1]
 - Sync java-17-openjdk-portable.specfile from openjdk-portable-rhel-8
 - Add .0 to prelease

 [1:17.0.20.0.8-1.1]
 - Sync NEWS from private-gnu_andrew-rhel-8.5-vanilla

 [1:17.0.20.0.8-1.1]
 - Set tzdata requires and build requires to 2026b
 - Set fipsver to 821eb26f706
 - Delete comments about patch macro syntax
 - Set bundled freetype version to 2.14.3
 - Set bundled giflib version to 6.1.3
 - Set bundled harfbuzz version to 14.2.0
 - Set bundled lcms2 version to 2.19.1
 - Set bundled libpng version to 1.6.58

 [1:17.0.20.0.8-1.1]
 - Specify portablerelease and rpmrelease (always 0 for portables) in the Release field (OPENJDK-4876)

 [1:17.0.20.0.8-1]
 - Update to jdk-17.0.20+8 (GA)
 - Add to .gitignore openjdk-17.0.20+8.tar.xz
 - Set updatever to 20
 - Set buildver to 8
 - Update sources to openjdk-17.0.20+8.tar.xz
 - ** This tarball is embargoed until 2026-07-21 @ 1pm PT. **
 - Resolves: RHEL-188876

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle 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 affected packages.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2026-42887.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 335269

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2026-42887.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/13/2026

Updated: 8/13/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.75

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-41254

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:oracle:linux:8, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:9, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:java-17-openjdk-demo-fastdebug, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:java-17-openjdk-demo-slowdebug, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:java-17-openjdk-demo, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:java-17-openjdk-devel-fastdebug, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:java-17-openjdk-devel-slowdebug, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:java-17-openjdk-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:java-17-openjdk-fastdebug, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:java-17-openjdk-headless-fastdebug, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:java-17-openjdk-headless-slowdebug, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:java-17-openjdk-headless, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:java-17-openjdk-javadoc-zip, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:java-17-openjdk-javadoc, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:java-17-openjdk-jmods-fastdebug, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:java-17-openjdk-jmods-slowdebug, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:java-17-openjdk-jmods, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:java-17-openjdk-slowdebug, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:java-17-openjdk-src-fastdebug, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:java-17-openjdk-src-slowdebug, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:java-17-openjdk-src, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:java-17-openjdk-static-libs-fastdebug, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:java-17-openjdk-static-libs-slowdebug, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:java-17-openjdk-static-libs, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:java-17-openjdk

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/13/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/18/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-41254, CVE-2026-46917, CVE-2026-46968, CVE-2026-47010, CVE-2026-47021, CVE-2026-47027, CVE-2026-47059, CVE-2026-47063, CVE-2026-60147