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RHEL 10 : java-21-ibm-semeru-certified-jdk (RHSA-2026:72888)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 350993

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for java-21-ibm-semeru-certified-jdk.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 10 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2026:72888 advisory.

 The IBM Semeru Runtime Certified Edition 21 runtime environment.

 Security Fix(es):

 * OpenJDK: Improve Resource Resolving (2026-08 Security Update) (CVE-2026-60589)

 * OpenJDK: Enhance HTTP Connections (2026-08 Security Update) (CVE-2026-61308)

 * OpenJDK: Enhance TLS server (2026-08 Security Update) (CVE-2026-70907)

 * openj9: Eclipse OpenJ9: Denial of Service via crafted .class file (CVE-2026-16440)

 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-21-ibm-semeru-certified-jdk package based on the guidance in RHSA-2026:72888.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:72888

https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate

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://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2519478

http://www.nessus.org/u?f90e502b

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 350993

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2026-72888.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/29/2026

Updated: 9/29/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.3

Percentile: 50.82

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Moderate

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: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.7

Threat Score: 1.9

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-16440

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10.2, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:10.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-21-ibm-semeru-certified-jdk-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-21-ibm-semeru-certified-jdk-headless, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-21-ibm-semeru-certified-jdk-jmods, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-21-ibm-semeru-certified-jdk-src, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-21-ibm-semeru-certified-jdk

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/28/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/18/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-16440, CVE-2026-60589, CVE-2026-61308, CVE-2026-70907