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USN-8339-1: OpenJDK 25 vulnerabilities

Thomas Beckers discovered that the JAXP component of OpenJDK 25 did not correctly authenticate certain APIs. A remote unauthenticated attacker could possibly use this issue to gain unauthorized access to sensitive information. (CVE-2026-22016) It was discovered that the Networking component of OpenJDK 25 did not correctly authenticate certain APIs. A remote unauthenticated attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2026-34282) It was discovered that the JSSE component of OpenJDK 25 did not correctly authenticate certain APIs. A remote unauthenticated attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2026-22021) It was discovered that the JGSS component of OpenJDK 25 did not correctly authenticate certain APIs. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive information. (CVE-2026-22013) It was discovered that the 2D component of OpenJDK 25 did not correctly handle certain integer arithmetic. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted file, an attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive information. (CVE-2026-23865) It was discovered that the Libraries component of OpenJDK 25 did not correctly authenticate certain APIs. A remote unauthenticated attacker could possibly use this issue to modify data. (CVE-2026-22008) It was discovered that the Libraries component of OpenJDK 25 did not correctly authenticate certain APIs. A remote unauthenticated attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2026-22018) Ken Pyle discovered that the Security component of OpenJDK 25 did not correctly authenticate certain APIs. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive information. (CVE-2026-22007, CVE-2026-34268) 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/2026-04-21

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