This update for java-1_8_0-ibm to version 8.0-4.0 fixes a lot of security issues : Following CVEs are fixed: CVE-2016-5552 CVE-2017-3231 CVE-2017-3241 CVE-2017-3253 CVE-2017-3259 CVE-2017-3261 CVE-2017-3272 CVE-2017-3289 CVE-2016-2183 CVE-2016-5547 CVE-2016-5548 CVE-2016-5549 CVE-2017-3252 More information can be found on: https://developer.ibm.com/javasdk/support/security-vulnerabilities/