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SCA: security update for 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-73xv-w5gp-frxh)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 411784

Description

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

 - An issue was discovered in Legion of the Bouncy Castle BC Java 1.65 and 1.66. The
 OpenBSDBCrypt.checkPassword utility method compared incorrect data when checking the password, allowing
 incorrect passwords to indicate they were matching with previously hashed ones that were different.
 (CVE-2020-28052)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-73xv-w5gp-frxh

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 411784

Version: Revision 1.3

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: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.15

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-28052

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

Temporal Score: 7.3

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/30/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/18/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-28052

cwe: CWE-670