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SCA: security update for org.bouncycastle:bc-fips, org.bouncycastle:bctls-fips (GHSA-jfcv-jv9g-2vx2)

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 437096

Description

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

 - Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability in Legion of the Bouncy Castle Inc. Bouncy Castle for Java
 FIPS bc-fips on All (API modules), Legion of the Bouncy Castle Inc. Bouncy Castle for Java LTS bcprov-
 lts8on on All (API modules) allows Excessive Allocation. This vulnerability is associated with program
 files org/bouncycastle/crypto/fips/AESNativeCBC.Java, org/bouncycastle/crypto/engines/AESNativeCBC.Java.
 This issue affects Bouncy Castle for Java FIPS: 2.1.0; Bouncy Castle for Java LTS: from 2.73.0 through
 2.73.7. (CVE-2025-9341)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-jfcv-jv9g-2vx2

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 437096

Version: Revision 1.5

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/27/2026

Updated: 6/1/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.92

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:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-9341

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: 5.9

Threat Score: 2.1

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/22/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/22/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-9341

cwe: CWE-400