Security (SCA): Critical/High/Medium CVEs detected in redhat.java (Language Support for Java™ by Red Hat) — remediation required

Summary

ReversingLabs (secure.software) reports multiple fixable vulnerabilities in the recent VS Code extension package Language Support for Java™ by Red Hat (redhat.java) releases. The vulnerability list includes 1 Critical, 1 High, and 3 Medium severity CVEs (per CVSS), each marked with Fix Available (and one marked Exploits Exist). [secure.software]

Source report: secure.software — redhat/java vulnerabilities
Last refreshed (per report): 2026-03-14 [secure.software]

Findings (Critical / High / Medium only)

The secure.software report lists the following CVEs:

Critical

• CVE-2017-1000487 — CVSS 9.8 (Critical) — Fix Available — “Vulnerability Triaged” [secure.software]

High

• CVE-2022-4244 — CVSS 7.5 (High) — Fix Available — “Vulnerability Triaged” [secure.software]

Medium

• CVE-2022-36033 — CVSS 6.1 (Medium) — Exploits Exist, Fix Available [secure.software]
• CVE-2022-4245 — CVSS 4.3 (Medium) — Fix Available — “Vulnerability Triaged” [secure.software]
• CVE-2024-47554 — CVSS 4.3 (Medium) — Fix Available [secure.software]

The report indicates: “All detected vulnerabilities are fixable” and recommends running update/upgrade actions to resolve them. [secure.software]

Why This Matters

Although these vulnerabilities originate in third‑party libraries, if left unpatched they may introduce avoidable security risks to developer environments and create barriers to RedHat VSCode Java extension adoption within enterprise environments.

Recommended remediation approach

1. Dependency trace / SBOM: Identify which direct/transitive libraries in the VSIX map to each CVE and confirm the impacted versions.
2. Upgrade / patch: Update affected dependencies to versions that address: CVE‑2017‑1000487; CVE‑2022‑4244; CVE‑2022‑36033; CVE‑2022‑4245; CVE‑2024‑47554 [secure.software]
3. Rebuild & validate: Rebuild the extension artifact and re-scan to confirm Critical/High/Medium findings are cleared.

References: ReversingLabs secure.software report: Language Support for Java™ by Red Hat — Vulnerabilities

Beginne mit dem redhat.java VSIX und dem secure.software-Sicherheitsbericht und verfolge dann jede aufgeführte CVE bis zu ihrer direkten oder transitiven Abhängigkeit und der betroffenen Version zurück. Aktualisiere die betroffenen Abhängigkeiten, erstelle das Extension-Artefakt neu und führe einen erneuten Scan durch; erledigt ist die Aufgabe, wenn die Befunde Critical, High und Medium beseitigt sind.