USN-8000-1: OpenJDK 8 vulnerabilities

USN-8000-1: OpenJDK 8 vulnerabilities

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/rss.xml / Tue, 02/03/2026 - 05:00
It was discovered that the RMI component of OpenJDK 8 would establish RMI TCP endpoint connections to a remote host without setting an endpoint identification algorithm. An unauthenticated remote attacker could possibly use this issue to steal sensitive information. (CVE-2026-21925) Mingijung discovered that the AWT and JavaFX componenets of OpenJDK 8 could run programs if Desktop.browse() was supplied a filename as a URI. An unauthenticated remote attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2026-21932) Zhihui Chen discovered that the Networking component of OpenJDK 8 was suceptible to a CRLF injection vulnerability via the HttpServer class. An unauthenticated remote attacker could possibly use this issue to modify files or leak sensitive information. (CVE-2026-21933) Ireneusz Pastusiak discovered that the Security component of OpenJDK 8 failed to verify provided URIs point to a legitimate source when AIA is enabled. An unauthenticated remote attacker could possibly use this issue to redirect users to malicious hosts. (CVE-2026-21945) In addition to security fixes, the updated packages contain bug fixes, new features, and possibly incompatible changes. Please see the following for more information: https://openjdk.org/groups/vulnerability/advisories/2026-01-20

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