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RHSA-2026:9684: Important: OpenJDK 8u492 Security Update for Portable Linux Builds

  • What: Security update for OpenJDK 8 on portable Linux builds
  • Impact: Addresses vulnerabilities in Java runtime and development kit
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Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2026:9684 - Security Advisory Issued: 2026-04-23 Updated: 2026-04-23 RHSA-2026:9684 - Security Advisory Overview Synopsis Important: OpenJDK 8u492 Security Update for Portable Linux Builds Type/Severity Security Advisory: Important Topic An update is now available for OpenJDK. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section. Description The OpenJDK 8 packages provide the OpenJDK 8 Java Runtime Environment and the OpenJDK 8 Java Software Development Kit. This release of the Red Hat build of OpenJDK 8 (8u492) for portable Linux serves as a replacement for Red Hat build of OpenJDK 8 (8u482) and includes security and bug fixes as well as enhancements. For further information, refer to the release notes linked to in the References section. Security Fix(es): JDK: Enhance crypto algorithm support (CVE-2026-22007) JDK: Improve Kerberos credentialing (CVE-2026-22013) JDK: Enhance Path Factories Redux (CVE-2026-22016) JDK: Enhance Zip file reading (CVE-2026-22018) JDK: Enhance certificate chain validation (CVE-2026-22021) JDK: Updating FreeType 2.14.1 (CVE-2026-23865) JDK: Enhance key generation (CVE-2026-34268) 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. Solution Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 Affected Products OpenJDK Java (for Middleware) 1 x86_64 Fixes (none) CVEs CVE-2026-22007 CVE-2026-22013 CVE-2026-22016 CVE-2026-22018 CVE-2026-22021 CVE-2026-23865 CVE-2026-34268 References https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important https://docs.redhat.com/en/documentation/red_hat_build_of_openjdk/8/html/release_notes_for_red_hat_build_of_openjdk_8.0.492/index The Red Hat security contact is secalert@redhat.com . More contact details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/ .

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