Issued at: 2026-01-27
Updated at: 2026-01-28
Synopsis
Important: java-1.8.0-openjdk security update
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: Improve JMX connections (CVE-2026-21925)
* JDK: Improve HttpServer Request handling (CVE-2026-21933)
* JDK: Enhance Certificate Checking (CVE-2026-21945)
* libpng: LIBPNG buffer overflow (CVE-2025-64720)
* libpng: LIBPNG heap buffer overflow (CVE-2025-65018)
Bug Fix(es):
* When using a P11SecretKey for both signing and encryption in FIPS mode, the FIPS PKCS11 provider would fail with a CKR_ATTRIBUTE_VALUE_INVALID error. This was due to the default configuration not applying the CKA_ENCRYPT=true attribute to the key. The configuration in this release is updated to include this attribute. (Rocky Linux-142865, Rocky Linux-142866, Rocky Linux-142867, Rocky Linux-142868, Rocky Linux-142869, Rocky Linux-142870, Rocky Linux-142871, Rocky Linux-142872, Rocky Linux-142873, Rocky Linux-142874)
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.