The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - Vulnerability in the Java SE, Java SE Embedded product of Oracle Java SE (component: Libraries). Supported     versions that are affected are Java SE: 7u271, 8u261, 11.0.8 and 15; Java SE Embedded: 8u261. Difficult to     exploit vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via multiple protocols to     compromise Java SE, Java SE Embedded. Successful attacks require human interaction from a person other     than the attacker. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized update, insert or     delete access to some of Java SE, Java SE Embedded accessible data. Note: This vulnerability applies to     Java deployments, typically in clients running sandboxed Java Web Start applications or sandboxed Java     applets, that load and run untrusted code (e.g., code that comes from the internet) and rely on the Java     sandbox for security. This vulnerability does not apply to Java deployments, typically in servers, that     load and run only trusted code (e.g., code installed by an administrator). (CVE-2020-14798)

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ID	Name	Product	Family	Published	Updated	Severity
252158	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2020-14798	Nessus	Misc.	8/19/2025	11/2/2026	low
143292	openSUSE Security Update : java-1_8_0-openjdk (openSUSE-2020-2083)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	11/30/2020	2/8/2024	high
143318	openSUSE Security Update : java-1_8_0-openjdk (openSUSE-2020-2048)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	11/30/2020	2/7/2024	high

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