IBM and Red Hat patch 400-plus unknown Java flaws, open Clearinghouse for fix requests

What happened

and its Red Hat unit said today that their Lightwell open-source security program has found and fixed more than 400 previously unknown vulnerabilities in widely used Java libraries. For the more than 400 flaws, Lightwell engineers backported patches into the widely deployed versions of each library. Red Hat is a software company based in Raleigh.

The companies also made Lightwell Clearinghouse generally available. Enterprise customers can use it to submit specific open-source dependencies to IBM and Red Hat for priority […] The post IBM and Red Hat patch 400-plus unknown Java flaws, open Clearinghouse for fix requests appeared first on SiliconANGLE . IBM is a software and information technology consulting company based in Armonk.

UPDATED 09:00 EDT / OCTOBER 06 2026 SECURITY IBM and Red Hat patch 400-plus unknown Java flaws, open Clearinghouse for fix requests by Duncan Riley IBM Corp. Enterprise customers can use it to submit specific open-source dependencies to IBM and Red Hat for priority review and remediation.

The milestone is pitched at a risk the two companies say is growing as autonomous artificial intelligence agents get better at chaining several lower-risk software weaknesses into one serious attack. Because many businesses still run library versions that are years old, any patch has to be built for the exact release sitting in production.

Key facts

• and its Red Hat unit said today that their Lightwell open-source security program has — found: and fixed more than 400 previously unknown vulnerabilities in widely used Java libraries