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SCA: security update for org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk14, org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk15 (GHSA-4mv7-cq75-3qjm)

critical Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 422623

Description

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

 - The Bouncy Castle Java library before 1.51 does not validate a point is withing the elliptic curve, which
 makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain private keys via a series of crafted elliptic curve Diffie
 Hellman (ECDH) key exchanges, aka an "invalid curve attack." (CVE-2015-7940)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-4mv7-cq75-3qjm

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 422623

Version: Revision 1.4

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 3/28/2025

Updated: 6/22/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.12

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2015-7940

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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

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: 11/9/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-7940

BID: 79091

cwe: CWE-200