OpenDJ 5.0.1 Released

Author: maximthomas

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+landing-title: "OpenDJ 5.0.1 Released"
+landing-title2: "OpenDJ 5.0.1 Released"
+description: OpenDJ 5.0.1 introduces Java 11 support, Jakarta EE 9 migration, critical security fixes for CVEs in dependencies, and improvements to monitoring and testing stability for the open-source LDAP directory server.
+keywords: 'OpenDJ, LDAP server, directory services, security fixes, Java 11, Jakarta EE, CVE fixes'
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+# OpenDJ 5.0.1 Released
+[Download](https://github.com/OpenIdentityPlatform/OpenDJ/releases/tag/5.0.1)
+
+## What's new
+* Updated target JDK to 11 and migrated to Jakarta EE 9 for modern platform compatibility 
+* Migrated from sun.security.x509 to Bouncy Castle API for improved security portability
+* Fixed unavailable monitoring attributes over JMX for better observability 
+* Improved ReplicationDomainTest stability to enhance testing reliability 
+* Addressed critical security vulnerabilities in dependencies:
+  * [CVE-2025-12194](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-12194): Updated Bouncy Castle to fix uncontrolled resource consumption
+  * [CVE-2025-59250](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-59250): Updated JDBC Driver for SQL Server to resolve improper input validation
+  * [CVE-2025-11226](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-11226): Updated logback-core to mitigate arbitrary code execution through file processing
+
+Full changeset ([more details](https://github.com/OpenIdentityPlatform/OpenDJ/compare/4.10.2...5.0.1))
+
+## Thanks for the contributions
+
+<i id="maximthomas"><i>1. <a href="https://github.com/maximthomas" target="_blank">maximthomas</a></i>
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+<i id="vharseko"><i>2. <a href="https://github.com/vharseko" target="_blank">vharseko</a></i>