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The AlmaLinux Security team has released several security updates for various packages, including java-1.8.0-openjdk and openssl. The updates address important vulnerabilities such as arbitrary code execution, denial of service, and information disclosure. For example, the java-1.8.0-openjdk update fixes three security issues (CVE-2026-21925 to CVE-2026-21945), while the openssl update addresses 12 vulnerabilities (CVE-2025-11187 to CVE-2026-22796). Users can find more information and updated packages on the AlmaLinux Errata website, including links to CVE pages for each vulnerability.

ALSA-2026:0932: java-1.8.0-openjdk security update (Important)
ALSA-2026:0933: java-25-openjdk security update (Important)
ALSA-2026:0933: java-25-openjdk security update (Important)
ALSA-2026:1478: python3.9 security update (Moderate)
ALSA-2026:1472: openssl security update (Important)




ALSA-2026:0932: java-1.8.0-openjdk security update (Important)


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AlmaLinux: 8
Type: Security
Severity: Important
Release date: 2026-01-28

Summary:

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. (AlmaLinux-142865, AlmaLinux-142866, AlmaLinux-142867, AlmaLinux-142868, AlmaLinux-142869, AlmaLinux-142870, AlmaLinux-142871, AlmaLinux-142872, AlmaLinux-142873, AlmaLinux-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.

Full details, updated packages, references, and other related information: https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2026-0932.html

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ALSA-2026:0933: java-25-openjdk security update (Important)


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AlmaLinux: 10
Type: Security
Severity: Important
Release date: 2026-01-28

Summary:

The OpenJDK 25 packages provide the OpenJDK 25 Java Runtime Environment and the OpenJDK 25 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)

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.

Full details, updated packages, references, and other related information: https://errata.almalinux.org/10/ALSA-2026-0933.html

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ALSA-2026:0933: java-25-openjdk security update (Important)


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AlmaLinux: 9
Type: Security
Severity: Important
Release date: 2026-01-28

Summary:

The OpenJDK 25 packages provide the OpenJDK 25 Java Runtime Environment and the OpenJDK 25 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)

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.

Full details, updated packages, references, and other related information: https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2026-0933.html

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ALSA-2026:1478: python3.9 security update (Moderate)


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AlmaLinux: 9
Type: Security
Severity: Moderate
Release date: 2026-01-28

Summary:

Python is an interpreted, interactive, object-oriented programming language, which includes modules, classes, exceptions, very high level dynamic data types and dynamic typing. Python supports interfaces to many system calls and libraries, as well as to various windowing systems.

Security Fix(es):

* cpython: python: cpython: Quadratic algorithm in xml.dom.minidom leads to denial of service (CVE-2025-12084)

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.

Full details, updated packages, references, and other related information: https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2026-1478.html

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ALSA-2026:1472: openssl security update (Important)


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AlmaLinux: 10
Type: Security
Severity: Important
Release date: 2026-01-28

Summary:

OpenSSL is a toolkit that implements the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) and Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocols, as well as a full-strength general-purpose cryptography library.

Security Fix(es):

* openssl: OpenSSL: Arbitrary code execution or denial of service through crafted PKCS#12 file (CVE-2025-11187)
* openssl: OpenSSL: Remote code execution or Denial of Service via oversized Initialization Vector in CMS parsing (CVE-2025-15467)
* openssl: OpenSSL: Denial of Service via NULL pointer dereference in QUIC protocol handling (CVE-2025-15468)
* openssl: OpenSSL: Data integrity bypass in `openssl dgst` command due to silent truncation (CVE-2025-15469)
* openssl: OpenSSL: Denial of Service due to excessive memory allocation in TLS 1.3 certificate compression (CVE-2025-66199)
* openssl: OpenSSL: Denial of Service due to out-of-bounds write in BIO filter (CVE-2025-68160)
* openssl: OpenSSL: Information disclosure and data tampering via specific low-level OCB encryption/decryption calls (CVE-2025-69418)
* openssl: OpenSSL: Arbitrary code execution due to out-of-bounds write in PKCS#12 processing (CVE-2025-69419)
* openssl: OpenSSL: Denial of Service via malformed PKCS#12 file processing (CVE-2025-69421)
* openssl: OpenSSL: Denial of Service via malformed TimeStamp Response (CVE-2025-69420)
* openssl: OpenSSL: Denial of Service due to type confusion in PKCS#12 file processing (CVE-2026-22795)
* openssl: OpenSSL: Denial of Service via type confusion in PKCS#7 signature verification (CVE-2026-22796)

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.

Full details, updated packages, references, and other related information: https://errata.almalinux.org/10/ALSA-2026-1472.html

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