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Oracle Linux 8 : java-21-openjdk (ELSA-2026-42895)

high Nessus Plugin ID 344790

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2026-42895 advisory.

 [1:21.0.12.1.1-1.1.0.1]
 - Add Oracle vendor bug URL [Orabug: 34340155]

 [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-235610

 [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-188853

 [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 (%dnl not compatible enough yet)
 - 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-212331
 - Resolves: RHEL-212333
 - Resolves: RHEL-212335
 - Resolves: RHEL-212351
 - Resolves: RHEL-212337
 - Resolves: RHEL-188853
 - Resolves: RHEL-212344
 - Resolves: RHEL-212346
 - Related: RHEL-212353

 [1:21.0.11.0.10-1.2]
 - 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-212350
 - Resolves: RHEL-212352
 - Resolves: RHEL-212353

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-2026-42895.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 344790

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2026-42895.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/11/2026

Updated: 9/11/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, 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, 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 Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/3/2026

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