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SCA: security update for org.bouncycastle:bcpg-jdk14, org.bouncycastle:bcpg-jdk15to18, org.bouncycastle:bcpg-jdk18on (GHSA-cj8j-37rh-8475)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 440662

Description

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

 - Allocation of resources without limits or throttling, Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability in
 Legion of the Bouncy Castle Inc. BC-JAVA bcpg on all (pg modules). This vulnerability is associated with
 program files AEADEncDataPacket.Java, BcAEADUtil.Java, JceAEADUtil.Java, OperatorHelper.Java. This issue
 affects BC-JAVA: from 1.74 before 1.80.2, from 1.81 before 1.81.1, from 1.82 before 1.84. (CVE-2026-3505)

Solution

Update the org.bouncycastle:bcpg-jdk14 library and its related packages to version 1.84 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-cj8j-37rh-8475

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 440662

Version: Revision 1.9

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 4/18/2026

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: High

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-2026-3505

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: High

Base Score: 8.7

Threat Score: 6.6

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:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/17/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/15/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-3505

cwe: CWE-400