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AlmaLinux 8 : java-1.8.0-openjdk security update for AlmaLinux 8 (High) (ALSA-2026:95609)

high Nessus Plugin ID 380223

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote AlmaLinux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALSA-2026:95609 advisory.

 * JDK: Enhance PKCS5 padding (CVE-2026-83374)
 * JDK: Enhance TLS certificate handling (CVE-2026-83376)
 * JDK: Enhance LDAP logins (CVE-2026-83380)
 * JDK: Enhance SASL Authentication (CVE-2026-83381)
 * JDK: Enhance WebRowSets (CVE-2026-83387)
 * JDK: Enhance HTTP Client Response Handling (CVE-2026-83395)
 * JDK: Enhance Certificate Name Checks (CVE-2026-87294)
 * JDK: Enhance XPath Expressions (CVE-2026-87290)
 * JDK: Enhance Network Clients (CVE-2026-87292)
 * JDK: Enhance RMI connections (CVE-2026-87293)
 * JDK: Enhance Certificate Constraint Checking (CVE-2026-101516)
 * JDK: Enhance XML Processing (CVE-2026-83400)
 * JDK: Enhance JPEG loading (CVE-2026-91334)
 * JDK: Enhance Template Handling (CVE-2026-87367)
 * JDK: Enhance Image Handling (CVE-2026-91335)
 * JDK: Enhance Preferences (CVE-2026-91380)
 * JDK: Enhance TLS handshakes (CVE-2026-91373)
 * JDK: Enhance Font Rendering (CVE-2026-91381)
 * JDK: Enhance Image Processing (CVE-2026-91382)
 * JDK: Enhance jstatd (CVE-2026-91374)
 * JDK: Enhance Pack200 unpacking (CVE-2026-91395)
 * JDK: Improve Pack200 handling (CVE-2026-91396)
 * JDK: Enhance diagnostic sessions (CVE-2026-91397)
 * JDK: Enhance SOCKS5 support (CVE-2026-91398)
 * JDK: Enhance MIDI file handling (CVE-2026-91400)
 * JDK: Enhance zipfs (CVE-2026-91410)
 * JDK: Enhance JGSS (CVE-2026-91411)
 * JDK: Enhance CORBA (CVE-2026-91417)
 * JDK: Enhance font rendering (CVE-2026-91415)
 * JDK: Enhance HTTP server parsing (CVE-2026-91451)
 * JDK: Enhance HTTP Server Handler (CVE-2026-91452)
 * JDK: Improve HTTP headers (CVE-2026-91453)
 * JDK: Enhance GIF loading (CVE-2026-91418)
 * JDK: Enhance TLS Extensions (CVE-2026-91461)
 * JDK: Enhance krb5 tokens (CVE-2026-91462)
 * JDK: Enhance krb5 client (CVE-2026-91463)
 * JDK: Enhance Kerberos validation (CVE-2026-91464)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the AlmaLinux 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://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:95609

https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2026-95609.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 380223

File Name: alma_linux_ALSA-2026-95609.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 11/13/2026

Updated: 11/13/2026

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5

Percentile: 92.82

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.6

Temporal Score: 4.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-91415

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:alma:linux:8, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::appstream, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::baseos, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::highavailability, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::nfv, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::powertools, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::realtime, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::resilientstorage, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::sap, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::sap_hana, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::supplementary, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:java-1.8.0-openjdk-accessibility-fastdebug, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:java-1.8.0-openjdk-accessibility-slowdebug, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:java-1.8.0-openjdk-accessibility, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:java-1.8.0-openjdk-demo-fastdebug, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:java-1.8.0-openjdk-demo-slowdebug, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:java-1.8.0-openjdk-demo, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:java-1.8.0-openjdk-devel-fastdebug, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:java-1.8.0-openjdk-devel-slowdebug, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:java-1.8.0-openjdk-devel, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:java-1.8.0-openjdk-fastdebug, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:java-1.8.0-openjdk-headless-fastdebug, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:java-1.8.0-openjdk-headless-slowdebug, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:java-1.8.0-openjdk-headless, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:java-1.8.0-openjdk-javadoc-zip, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:java-1.8.0-openjdk-javadoc, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:java-1.8.0-openjdk-slowdebug, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:java-1.8.0-openjdk-src-fastdebug, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:java-1.8.0-openjdk-src-slowdebug, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:java-1.8.0-openjdk-src, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:java-1.8.0-openjdk

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/11/2026

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-2026-87293, 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-2026-91410, 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

CWE: 125, 1286, 22, 295, 303, 354, 358, 409, 444, 488, 611, 653, 749, 770, 776, 787, 835, 90, 91, 924, 93

RHSA: 2026:95609