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SCA: security update for BouncyCastle, org.bouncycastle:bc-fips, org.bouncycastle:bcprov-ext-jdk15on, org.bouncycastle:bcprov-ext-jdk16, org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk14, org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk15, org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk15on, org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk15to18, org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk16 (GHSA-6xx3-rg99-gc3p)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 411720

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - Bouncy Castle BC Java before 1.66, BC C# .NET before 1.8.7, BC-FJA before 1.0.1.2, 1.0.2.1, and BC-FNA
 before 1.0.1.1 have a timing issue within the EC math library that can expose information about the
 private key when an attacker is able to observe timing information for the generation of multiple
 deterministic ECDSA signatures. (CVE-2020-15522)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-6xx3-rg99-gc3p

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 411720

Version: Revision 1.7

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/23/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.18

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-15522

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Temporal Score: 5.2

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/13/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/20/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-15522