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Oracle Linux 9 : java-17-openjdk (ELSA-2026-90500)

high Nessus Plugin ID 375292

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2026-90500 advisory.

 [1:17.0.21.0.9-2.2.0.1]
 - Add Oracle vendor bug URL [Orabug: 34340155]

 [1:17.0.21.0.9-2.2]
 - Set rpmrelease to 2 for PQC signing

 [1:17.0.21.0.9-2.1]
 - Set portablerelease to 2 for new final portable
 - Set rpmrelease to 1
 - Update sources to new final tarball for jdk-17.0.21+9 (GA)
 - Update NEWS with CVE list
 - Synchronize java-17-openjdk-portable.specfile from openjdk-portable-rhel-8

 [1:17.0.21.0.9-1.2]
 - Set rpmrelease to 2 for PQC signing

 [1:17.0.21.0.9-1.1]
 - Update to jdk-17.0.21+9 (GA)
 - Add to .gitignore openjdk-17.0.21+9.tar.xz
 - Set updatever to 21
 - Set patchver to 0
 - Set buildver to 9
 - Set rpmrelease to 1
 - Update sources to openjdk-17.0.21+9.tar.xz
 - ** This tarball is embargoed until 2026-10-20 @ 1pm PT. **
 - Update NEWS for jdk-17.0.21+9 (GA)
 - Set fipsver to 028d2d4a596
 - Synchronize java-17-openjdk-portable.specfile from openjdk-portable-rhel-8
 - Set tzdata requires and build requires to 2026e

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-2026-90500.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 375292

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2026-90500.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/2/2026

Updated: 11/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5

Percentile: 92.82

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-101516

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7

Temporal Score: 6.1

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-91415

Vulnerability Information

CPE: 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/OracleLinux, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/local_checks_enabled

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/2/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/20/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-101516, CVE-2026-83374, CVE-2026-83376, CVE-2026-83380, CVE-2026-83381, CVE-2026-83387, CVE-2026-83395, CVE-2026-83400, CVE-2026-87290, CVE-2026-87292, CVE-2026-87294, CVE-2026-87367, CVE-2026-91332, CVE-2026-91334, CVE-2026-91335, CVE-2026-91373, CVE-2026-91374, CVE-2026-91375, CVE-2026-91379, CVE-2026-91380, CVE-2026-91382, CVE-2026-91394, CVE-2026-91397, CVE-2026-91398, CVE-2026-91400, CVE-2026-91410, CVE-2026-91415, CVE-2026-91418, CVE-2026-91451, CVE-2026-91452, CVE-2026-91453, CVE-2026-91461, CVE-2026-91462, CVE-2026-91463, CVE-2026-91464, CVE-2026-91487