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SCA: security update for org.bouncycastle:bcpkix-fips, org.bouncycastle:bcpkix-jdk15on, org.bouncycastle:bcpkix-jdk15to18, org.bouncycastle:bcpkix-jdk18on (GHSA-4cx2-fc23-5wg6)

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 433345

Description

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

 - Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling vulnerability in Legion of the Bouncy Castle Inc. BC
 Java bcpkix on All (API modules), Legion of the Bouncy Castle Inc. BC Java bcprov on All (API modules),
 Legion of the Bouncy Castle Inc. BCPKIX FIPS bcpkix-fips on All (API modules) allows Excessive Allocation.
 This vulnerability is associated with program files https://github.Com/bcgit/bc-
 java/blob/main/pkix/src/main/java/org/bouncycastle/pkix/jcajce/PKIXCertPathReviewer.Java,
 https://github.Com/bcgit/bc-
 java/blob/main/prov/src/main/java/org/bouncycastle/x509/PKIXCertPathReviewer.Java. This issue affects BC
 Java: from 1.44 through 1.78; BC Java: from 1.44 through 1.78; BCPKIX FIPS: from 1.0.0 through 1.0.7, from
 2.0.0 through 2.0.7. (CVE-2025-8916)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-4cx2-fc23-5wg6

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 433345

Version: Revision 1.13

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 8/14/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5

Percentile: 94.39

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-8916

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.3

Threat Score: 1.7

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/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: 8/13/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/13/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-8916

cwe: CWE-770