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RHSA-2026:42876: Important: java-1.8.0-openjdk security update

This Red Hat security advisory addresses multiple vulnerabilities in OpenJDK 8, including flaws in TLS certificate handling, JPEG/XBM image processing, and Jar file parsing that could lead to exploitation. The CVSS scores for the listed CVEs range from Medium to Low, with CVE-2026-46968 rated at 5.9 (MEDIUM). The update is available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle Support, and systems should be patched with the provided `java-1.8.0-openjdk` update.
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Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2026:42876 - Security Advisory Issued: 2026-07-23 Updated: 2026-07-23 RHSA-2026:42876 - Security Advisory Overview Updated Packages Synopsis Important: java-1.8.0-openjdk security update Type/Severity Security Advisory: Important Red Hat Lightspeed patch analysis Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory. View affected systems Topic An update for java-1.8.0-openjdk is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle Support. 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 java-1.8.0-openjdk packages provide the OpenJDK 8 Java Runtime Environment and the OpenJDK 8 Java Software Development Kit. Security Fix(es): JDK: Enhance TLS certificate handling (CVE-2026-46968) JDK: Enhance JPEG handling (CVE-2026-47010) JDK: Enhance XBM image support (CVE-2026-47021) JDK: Enhance Jar file processing (CVE-2026-47027) JDK: Improve certification checking (CVE-2026-60147) JDK: Enhance AWT ImagingLib (CVE-2026-47059) JDK: Enhance Jar handling (CVE-2026-47063) JDK: Improve Nashorn index handling (CVE-2026-47057) JDK: Enhance Dataview Implementation (CVE-2026-47058) JDK: Update LCMS to 2.19 (CVE-2026-41254) Enhancements: For the last couple of years, OpenJDK has used a single build shared among multiple RPMs and a tarball available on the customer portal. The single "portable" build has a release number ('p') and each RPM has its own release number ('r'). However, the RPM naming only showed the RPM release number, while the version output from the build showed the portable release number, making it unclear that they were different numbers. From this release onwards, a release field of the form 'p.r' is always used for RPMs and the version output shows 'p'. (RHEL-212138) Bug Fix(es): In previous releases, the RPM did not correctly own the subdirectories used for documentation in /usr/share/doc and /usr/share/javadoc. This is fixed in this release, so these subdirectories will be removed when the package is uninstalled. (RHEL-212148) 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 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 7 x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems) 7 s390x Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support for IBM Power, big endian 7 ppc64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support for IBM Power, little endian 7 ppc64le Fixes BZ - 2459420 - CVE-2026-41254 Little CMS: lcms2: mm2/Little-CMS: Little CMS: Information disclosure or denial of service via integer overflow in CubeSize BZ - 2502751 - CVE-2026-46968 openjdk: Enhance TLS certificate handling BZ - 2502783 - CVE-2026-47010 openjdk: OpenJDK: Enhance JPEG handling (Oracle CPU 2026-07) BZ - 2502784 - CVE-2026-47021 openjdk: OpenJDK: Enhance XBM image support (Oracle CPU 2026-07) BZ - 2502791 - CVE-2026-47027 openjdk: OpenJDK: Enhance Jar file processing (Oracle CPU 2026-07) BZ - 2502792 - CVE-2026-47059 openjdk: OpenJDK: Enhance AWT ImagingLib (Oracle CPU 2026-07) BZ - 2502793 - CVE-2026-47063 openjdk: OpenJDK: Enhance Jar handling (Oracle CPU 2026-07) BZ - 2502794 - CVE-2026-47057 openjdk: OpenJDK: Improve Nashorn index handling (Oracle CPU 2026-07) BZ - 2502795 - CVE-2026-47058 openjdk: OpenJDK: Enhance Dataview Implementation (Oracle CPU 2026-07) BZ - 2503636 - CVE-2026-60147 openjdk: OpenJDK: Improve certification checking (Oracle CPU 2026-07) CVEs CVE-2026-41254 CVE-2026-46968 CVE-2026-47010 CVE-2026-47021 CVE-2026-47027 CVE-2026-47057 CVE-2026-47058 CVE-2026-47059 CVE-2026-47063 CVE-2026-60147 References https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important Note: More recent versions of these packages may be available. 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