Vulnerability in java (CVE-2026-23865)
Summary
Vulnerability in java (CVE-2026-23865). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. Mitigation: upgrade to 11.0.31, 17.0.19, 21.0.11, 25.0.3, 26.0.1 or later.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
An integer overflow in the tt_var_load_item_variation_store function of the Freetype library in versions 2.13.2 and 2.13.3 may allow for an out of bounds read operation when parsing HVAR/VVAR/MVAR tables in OpenType variable fonts. This issue is fixed in version 2.14.2.
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-23865 has been found in java.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
What to do: upgrade java to 11.0.31, 17.0.19, 21.0.11, 25.0.3, 26.0.1 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "java CVE-2026-23865" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2026-23865 (java)
Attack vector: local / unauthenticated
Patched: 11.0.31, 17.0.19, 21.0.11, 25.0.3, 26.0.1 — apply immediately
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
A vulnerability (unclassified) exists in java.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of java.
Severity: ?. Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Update to 11.0.31, 17.0.19, 21.0.11, 25.0.3, 26.0.1.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run grep -r 'java' . against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
grep -r 'java' . | grep -v node_modulesリポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で
javaを grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。 -
2Apply patch patch
Upgrade java to 11.0.31, 17.0.19, 21.0.11, 25.0.3, 26.0.1ステージング環境で 11.0.31, 17.0.19, 21.0.11, 25.0.3, 26.0.1 に上げて回帰テスト → 本番反映。回帰テストはアプリの主要ハッピーパスを含めること。
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3Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
Affected packages
Fix status by distribution
Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE
- BellSoft Alpaquita BELL-CVE-2026-23865 freetype Fixed in: 2.13.3-r1
- Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2026-23865 freetype Fixed in: 2.13.3+dfsg-1+deb13u1
- Ubuntu UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23865 openjdk-8 Fixed in: 8u492-ga~us2-0ubuntu1~16.04.1
References
- advisory facebook.com
- patch gitlab.com
- web openwall.com
- web nvd.nist.gov
- web sourceforge.net