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Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS : OpenJDK 8 vulnerabilities (USN-9009-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 378015

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-9009-1 advisory.

 It was discovered that the Security component of OpenJDK 8 did not correctly authenticate users. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to modify sensitive data. (CVE-2026-83374)

 It was discovered that the JSSE component of OpenJDK 8 did not correctly authorize users. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to modify sensitive data. (CVE-2026-83376, CVE-2026-91461)

 It was discovered that the JAAS component of OpenJDK 8 did not correctly authorize users. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to read sensitive data. (CVE-2026-83380)

 It was discovered that the Security component of OpenJDK 8 did not correctly authorize users. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to read or modify sensitive data. (CVE-2026-83381, CVE-2026-87294)

 It was discovered that the JDBC component of OpenJDK 8 did not correctly authenticate users. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to read sensitive data. (CVE-2026-83387)

 It was discovered that the Networking component of OpenJDK 8 did not correctly authorize users. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or to modify sensitive data.
 (CVE-2026-83395)

 It was discovered that the JAXP component of OpenJDK 8 did not correctly authorize users. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2026-83400)

 It was discovered that the JAXP component of OpenJDK 8 did not correctly authenticate users. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to read sensitive data. (CVE-2026-87290)

 It was discovered that the Networking component of OpenJDK 8 did not correctly authorize users. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to modify sensitive data. (CVE-2026-87292, CVE-2026-91451, CVE-2026-91452)

 It was discovered that the RMI component of OpenJDK 8 did not correctly authorize users. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to read or modify sensitive data. (CVE-2026-87293)

 It was discovered that the JAXP component of OpenJDK 8 did not correctly authorize users. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to modify sensitive data. (CVE-2026-87367)

 It was discovered that the ImageIO component of OpenJDK 8 did not correctly authorize users. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to read sensitive data. (CVE-2026-91334)

 It was discovered that the AWT component of OpenJDK 8 did not correctly authorize users. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to read sensitive data. (CVE-2026-91335)

 It was discovered that the JSSE component of OpenJDK 8 did not correctly authorize users. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2026-91373)

 It was discovered that the Serviceability component of OpenJDK 8 did not correctly authorize users. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to read or modify sensitive data. (CVE-2026-91374)

 It was discovered that the Utility component of OpenJDK 8 did not correctly authorize users. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to read or modify sensitive data. (CVE-2026-91380)

 It was discovered that the 2D component of OpenJDK 8 did not correctly authorize users. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to modify sensitive data. (CVE-2026-91381)

 It was discovered that the 2D component of OpenJDK 8 did not correctly authenticate users. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or to modify sensitive data.
 (CVE-2026-91382)

 It was discovered that the Utility component of OpenJDK 8 did not correctly authorize users. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or to modify sensitive data.
 (CVE-2026-91395, CVE-2026-91396)

 It was discovered that the Serviceability component of OpenJDK 8 did not correctly authorize users. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or to modify sensitive data.
 (CVE-2026-91397)

 It was discovered that the Networking component of OpenJDK 8 did not correctly authenticate users. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to modify sensitive data. (CVE-2026-91398)

 It was discovered that the Sound component of OpenJDK 8 did not correctly authorize users. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2026-91400)

 It was discovered that the JSSE component of OpenJDK 8 did not correctly authenticate users. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to read or modify sensitive data. (CVE-2026-91403)

 It was discovered that the Libraries component of OpenJDK 8 did not correctly authorize users. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2026-91410)

 It was discovered that the JGSS component of OpenJDK 8 did not correctly authenticate users. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or to modify sensitive data.
 (CVE-2026-91411)

 It was discovered that the 2D component of OpenJDK 8 did not correctly authenticate users. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or to read or modify sensitive data.
 (CVE-2026-91415)

 It was discovered that the CORBA component of OpenJDK 8 did not correctly authorize users. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2026-91417)

 It was discovered that the ImageIO component of OpenJDK 8 did not correctly authorize users. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2026-91418)

 It was discovered that the Lightweight HTTP Server component of OpenJDK 8 did not correctly authorize users. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to modify sensitive data. (CVE-2026-91453)

 It was discovered that the JGSS component of OpenJDK 8 did not correctly authenticate users. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to modify sensitive data. (CVE-2026-91462)

 It was discovered that the JGSS component of OpenJDK 8 did not correctly authenticate users. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to read sensitive data. (CVE-2026-91463, CVE-2026-91464)

 It was discovered that the Security component of OpenJDK 8 did not correctly authenticate users. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to read or modify sensitive data. (CVE-2026-114820)

 In addition to security fixes, the updated packages contain bug fixes, new features, and possibly incompatible changes.

 Please see the following for more information:
 https://openjdk.org/groups/vulnerability/advisories/2026-10-20 https://openjdk.org/groups/vulnerability/advisories/2026-10-21 https://openjdk.org/groups/vulnerability/advisories/2026-10-24

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu 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://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-9009-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 378015

File Name: ubuntu_USN-9009-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/10/2026

Updated: 11/10/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.3

Percentile: 98.09

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.4

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-91403

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.1

Temporal Score: 8.2

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openjdk-8-demo, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openjdk-8-jdk-headless, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openjdk-8-jdk, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openjdk-8-jre-headless, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openjdk-8-jre-zero, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openjdk-8-jre, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openjdk-8-source

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Debian/dpkg-l, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/9/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/20/2026

Reference Information

CVE: 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-2026-87293, CVE-2026-87294, CVE-2026-87367, CVE-2026-91334, CVE-2026-91335, CVE-2026-91373, CVE-2026-91374, CVE-2026-91380, CVE-2026-91381, CVE-2026-91382, CVE-2026-91395, CVE-2026-91396, CVE-2026-91397, CVE-2026-91398, CVE-2026-91400, CVE-2026-91403, CVE-2026-91410, CVE-2026-91411, CVE-2026-91415, CVE-2026-91417, CVE-2026-91418, CVE-2026-91451, CVE-2026-91452, CVE-2026-91453, CVE-2026-91461, CVE-2026-91462, CVE-2026-91463, CVE-2026-91464

USN: 9009-1