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Oracle Linux 10 / 8 / 9 : java-21-openjdk (ELSA-2026-55787)
low Nessus Plugin ID 338597
Synopsis
The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.Description
The remote Oracle Linux 10 / 8 / 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2026-55787 advisory.[1:21.0.12.1.1-1.2.0.1]
- Add Oracle vendor bug URL [Orabug: 34340155]
[1:21.0.12.1.1-1.2]
- Bump release for PQC build
- Related: RHEL-235625
[1:21.0.12.1.1-1.1]
- Update to jdk-21.0.12.1+1 (GA)
- Update release notes to 21.0.12.1+1
- Sync the copy of the portable specfile with the latest update
- ** This tarball is embargoed until 2026-08-18 @ 1pm PT. **
- Resolves: RHEL-235625
[1:21.0.12.0.8-2.1]
- Add CVEs to NEWS file
- Update to tarball with final changeset ID
- Sync the copy of the portable specfile with the latest update
- Related: RHEL-188866
[1:21.0.12.0.8-1.2]
- Bump release for PQC build
- Related: RHEL-212332
- Related: RHEL-212334
- Related: RHEL-212336
- Related: RHEL-151193
- Related: RHEL-212341
- Related: RHEL-188866
- Related: RHEL-212345
- Related: RHEL-212347
- Related: RHEL-151167
- Related: RHEL-212348
- Related: RHEL-212349
[1:21.0.12.0.8-1.1]
- Update to jdk-21.0.12+8 (GA)
- Update release notes to 21.0.12+8
- Bump freetype version to 2.14.3 following JDK-8385390
- Bump giflib version to 6.1.3 following JDK-8384902
- Bump HarfBuzz version to 14.2.0 following JDK-8385490
- Bump lcms2 version to 2.19.1 following JDK-8375065 & JDK-8383354
- Bump libpng version to 1.6.58 following JDK-8384495
- Update tagging scripts to include signature checks and correctly handle gating
- Update tagged versions to include 9.8.0-z, 9.9.0, 10.2-z & 10.3.
- Add gating scripts to simplify obtaining results and waiving issues
- Cleanup tagging and gating scripts to appease shellcheck:
- * scripts/builds/build_vanilla.sh: Use an array to handle the varying arguments to rhpkg.
- * scripts/builds/check_signatures.sh: Quote variable usage.
- * scripts/builds/waive_issue.sh: Remove redundant 'test 'x'' usage.
- * scripts/builds/waive_leapp_issue.sh: Likewise.
- * scripts/builds/waive_rpminspect.sh: Likewise.
- * scripts/builds/waive_usual_rpminspect.sh: Likewise and add missing WORKING_DIR variable.
- * scripts/builds/waive_usual_tier0.sh: Remove redundant 'test 'x'' usage.
- Remove macro references in comments where possible (- Move version information and core NVR definitions back towards the top of the file
- Specify portablerelease and rpmrelease (always 0 for portables) in the Release field
- Obsolete old RHEL releases (9.7.0-z, 10.1-z)
- Make zone string debug output optional in TestTranslations
- Change javadoc-zip to just own the top-level directory, not include the entire subtree
- Sync the copy of the portable specfile with the latest update
- ** This tarball is embargoed until 2026-07-21 @ 1pm PT. **
- Resolves: RHEL-212332
- Resolves: RHEL-212334
- Resolves: RHEL-212336
- Resolves: RHEL-151193
- Resolves: RHEL-212341
- Resolves: RHEL-188866
- Resolves: RHEL-212345
- Resolves: RHEL-212347
- Related: RHEL-212349
[1:21.0.11.0.10-1.3]
- Disable abidiff inspection in rpminspect.yaml to avoid an out-of-memory error on the CentOS test farm
- See: https://docs.testing-farm.io/Testing%20Farm/0.1/errors.html#TFE-1
- Do not overwrite slowdebug __provides_exclude_from and __requires_exclude_from regexps
- Make headless own /usr/share/doc/java-1.8.0-openjdk
- Make javadoc-zip own /usr/share/javadoc/java-1.8.0-openjdk
- Resolves: RHEL-151167
- Resolves: RHEL-212348
- Resolves: RHEL-212349
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
Plugin Details
Severity: Low
ID: 338597
File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2026-55787.nasl
Version: 1.2
Type: Local
Agent: unix
Published: 8/21/2026
Updated: 8/21/2026
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: 3.3
Percentile: 50.82
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: Low
Base Score: 3.7
Temporal Score: 3.2
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-60589
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:oracle:linux:10, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:8, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:9, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:java-21-openjdk-demo-fastdebug, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:java-21-openjdk-demo-slowdebug, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:java-21-openjdk-demo, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:java-21-openjdk-devel-fastdebug, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:java-21-openjdk-devel-slowdebug, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:java-21-openjdk-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:java-21-openjdk-fastdebug, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:java-21-openjdk-headless-fastdebug, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:java-21-openjdk-headless-slowdebug, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:java-21-openjdk-headless, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:java-21-openjdk-javadoc-zip, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:java-21-openjdk-javadoc, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:java-21-openjdk-jmods-fastdebug, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:java-21-openjdk-jmods-slowdebug, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:java-21-openjdk-jmods, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:java-21-openjdk-slowdebug, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:java-21-openjdk-src-fastdebug, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:java-21-openjdk-src-slowdebug, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:java-21-openjdk-src, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:java-21-openjdk-static-libs-fastdebug, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:java-21-openjdk-static-libs-slowdebug, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:java-21-openjdk-static-libs, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:java-21-openjdk
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/OracleLinux
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 8/20/2026
Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/18/2026