Summary
Jinfeng Guo discovered that the Security component of OpenJDK 8 did not
correctly handle certain representations of encoded strings. An
unauthenticated remote attacker could possibly use this issue to modify
files or leak sensitive information. (CVE-2025-53057)
Darius Bohni discovered that the JAXP component of OpenJDK 8 was
vulnerable to a XML External Entity (XEE) attack. An unauthenticated
remote attacker could possibly use this issue to modify files or leak
sensitive information. (CVE-2025-53066)
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/2025-10-21
Fixed packages 6
| Release | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu · 22.04 LTS 22.04:LTS | openjdk-8 | 8u472-ga-1~22.04 |
| Ubuntu · 24.04 LTS 24.04:LTS | openjdk-8 | 8u472-ga-1~24.04 |
| Ubuntu · 25.10 | openjdk-8 | 8u472-ga-1~25.10 |
| Ubuntu · Pro 16.04 LTS Pro:16.04:LTS | openjdk-8 | 8u472-ga-1~16.04 |
| Ubuntu · Pro 18.04 LTS Pro:18.04:LTS | openjdk-8 | 8u472-ga-1~18.04 |
| Ubuntu · Pro 20.04 LTS Pro:20.04:LTS | openjdk-8 | 8u472-ga-1~20.04 |
Vulnerabilities 2
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High 7.5
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Medium 5.9
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