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SCA: security update for org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk14, org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk15, org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk15on (GHSA-w285-wf9q-5w69)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 421981

Description

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

 - In the Bouncy Castle JCE Provider version 1.55 and earlier the ECIES implementation allowed the use of ECB
 mode. This mode is regarded as unsafe and support for it has been removed from the provider.
 (CVE-2016-1000352)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-w285-wf9q-5w69

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 421981

Version: Revision 1.6

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: Medium

Score: 4.3

Percentile: 53.04

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.8

Temporal Score: 4.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-1000352

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.4

Temporal Score: 6.4

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/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: 6/4/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-1000352

cwe: CWE-326