Java 11 kafka containers

[coredump17]

Hi, Confluents site recommends java 17 for kafka 7.5 (https://docs.confluent.io/platform/current/installation/versions-interoperability.html#java) but the default UBI image used for your containers uses EL8's Java 11. Redhat also provide a ubi8 container with java 17. ubi8/openjdk-17:latest. Should this base image be used instead?

[dixittanmay91]

We are also facing the same issue with both cp-kafka-connect-base:7.5.3 and cp-kafka-connect-base:7.5.3-1-ubi8 images.

Seems there is no confluent image with Java 17. Can anybody please advise on this.

[arturbugaj]

Java 11 used in those images has some vulnerabilities as well
CVE-2024-20952
CVE-2024-20918

According to Oracle, "the next critical patch update (for Java 17) is scheduled for April 16, 2024"..

[Bdegraaf1234]

We are experiencing the same issue as dixittanmay91. It is preventing us from updating other dependencies.

Is there a specific reason the confluent images are still built using Java 11?

[coredump17]

Any update on this ?

[nilu-source]

Any update on this?