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SCA: security update for org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk14, org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk15, org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk15on (GHSA-4vhj-98r6-424h)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 421976

Description

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

 - In Bouncy Castle JCE Provider version 1.55 and earlier the DSA does not fully validate ASN.1 encoding of
 signature on verification. It is possible to inject extra elements in the sequence making up the signature
 and still have it validate, which in some cases may allow the introduction of 'invisible' data into a
 signed structure. (CVE-2016-1000338)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-4vhj-98r6-424h

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 421976

Version: Revision 1.8

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 3/28/2025

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: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-1000338

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/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: 10/17/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/1/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-1000338

cwe: CWE-347