RockyLinux 8 : java-21-openjdk (RLSA-2026:55787)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 338232

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote RockyLinux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RLSA-2026:55787 advisory.

* JDK: Improve Resource Resolving (CVE-2026-60589)

* JDK: Enhance HTTP Connections (CVE-2026-61308)

* JDK: Enhance TLS server (CVE-2026-70907)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the RockyLinux 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://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2513035

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2513037

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2513038

https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2026:55787

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 338232

File Name: rocky_linux_RLSA-2026-55787.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 8/20/2026

Updated: 8/20/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.3

Percentile: 50.83

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.4

Temporal Score: 4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-61308

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.6

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-70907

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:rocky:linux:8, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:java-21-openjdk-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:java-21-openjdk-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:java-21-openjdk-demo-fastdebug, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:java-21-openjdk-demo-slowdebug, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:java-21-openjdk-demo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:java-21-openjdk-devel-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:java-21-openjdk-devel-fastdebug-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:java-21-openjdk-devel-fastdebug, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:java-21-openjdk-devel-slowdebug-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:java-21-openjdk-devel-slowdebug, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:java-21-openjdk-devel, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:java-21-openjdk-fastdebug-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:java-21-openjdk-fastdebug, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:java-21-openjdk-headless-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:java-21-openjdk-headless-fastdebug-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:java-21-openjdk-headless-fastdebug, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:java-21-openjdk-headless-slowdebug-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:java-21-openjdk-headless-slowdebug, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:java-21-openjdk-headless, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:java-21-openjdk-javadoc-zip, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:java-21-openjdk-javadoc, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:java-21-openjdk-jmods-fastdebug, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:java-21-openjdk-jmods-slowdebug, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:java-21-openjdk-jmods, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:java-21-openjdk-slowdebug-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:java-21-openjdk-slowdebug, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:java-21-openjdk-src-fastdebug, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:java-21-openjdk-src-slowdebug, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:java-21-openjdk-src, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:java-21-openjdk-static-libs-fastdebug, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:java-21-openjdk-static-libs-slowdebug, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:java-21-openjdk-static-libs, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:java-21-openjdk

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/20/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/18/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-60589, CVE-2026-61308, CVE-2026-70907