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SCA: security update for BouncyCastle.Cryptography, org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk14, org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk15to18, org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk18on, org.bouncycastle:bctls-jdk14, org.bouncycastle:bctls-jdk15to18, org.bouncycastle:bctls-jdk18on (GHSA-m44j-cfrm-g8qc)

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 416709

Description

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

 - An issue was discovered in Bouncy Castle Java Cryptography APIs before 1.78. An Ed25519 verification code
 infinite loop can occur via a crafted signature and public key. (CVE-2024-30172)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-m44j-cfrm-g8qc

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 416709

Version: Revision 1.8

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: 23.73

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-30172

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:N/A:H

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.9

Threat Score: 2.7

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/14/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/9/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-30172

cwe: CWE-835