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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7881-1
November 24, 2025

openjdk-8 vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 25.10
- Ubuntu 25.04
- Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

Summary:

Several security issues were fixed in OpenJDK 8.

Software Description:
- openjdk-8: Open Source Java implementation

Details:

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

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 25.10
  openjdk-8-jdk                   8u472-ga-1~25.10
  openjdk-8-jdk-headless          8u472-ga-1~25.10
  openjdk-8-jre                   8u472-ga-1~25.10
  openjdk-8-jre-headless          8u472-ga-1~25.10
  openjdk-8-jre-zero              8u472-ga-1~25.10

Ubuntu 25.04
  openjdk-8-jdk                   8u472-ga-1~25.04
  openjdk-8-jdk-headless          8u472-ga-1~25.04
  openjdk-8-jre                   8u472-ga-1~25.04
  openjdk-8-jre-headless          8u472-ga-1~25.04
  openjdk-8-jre-zero              8u472-ga-1~25.04

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
  openjdk-8-jdk                   8u472-ga-1~24.04
  openjdk-8-jdk-headless          8u472-ga-1~24.04
  openjdk-8-jre                   8u472-ga-1~24.04
  openjdk-8-jre-headless          8u472-ga-1~24.04
  openjdk-8-jre-zero              8u472-ga-1~24.04

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
  openjdk-8-jdk                   8u472-ga-1~22.04
  openjdk-8-jdk-headless          8u472-ga-1~22.04
  openjdk-8-jre                   8u472-ga-1~22.04
  openjdk-8-jre-headless          8u472-ga-1~22.04
  openjdk-8-jre-zero              8u472-ga-1~22.04

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
  openjdk-8-jdk                   8u472-ga-1~20.04
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  openjdk-8-jdk-headless          8u472-ga-1~20.04
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  openjdk-8-jre                   8u472-ga-1~20.04
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  openjdk-8-jre-headless          8u472-ga-1~20.04
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  openjdk-8-jre-zero              8u472-ga-1~20.04
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
  openjdk-8-jdk                   8u472-ga-1~18.04
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  openjdk-8-jdk-headless          8u472-ga-1~18.04
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  openjdk-8-jre                   8u472-ga-1~18.04
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  openjdk-8-jre-headless          8u472-ga-1~18.04
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  openjdk-8-jre-zero              8u472-ga-1~18.04
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
  openjdk-8-jdk                   8u472-ga-1~16.04
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  openjdk-8-jdk-headless          8u472-ga-1~16.04
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  openjdk-8-jre                   8u472-ga-1~16.04
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  openjdk-8-jre-headless          8u472-ga-1~16.04
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  openjdk-8-jre-jamvm             8u472-ga-1~16.04
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  openjdk-8-jre-zero              8u472-ga-1~16.04
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro

This update uses a new upstream release, which includes additional bug
fixes. After a standard system update you need to restart Java
applications to make all the necessary changes.

References:
  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7881-1
  CVE-2025-53057, CVE-2025-53066

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openjdk-8/8u472-ga-1~25.10
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openjdk-8/8u472-ga-1~25.04
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openjdk-8/8u472-ga-1~24.04
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openjdk-8/8u472-ga-1~22.04