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SCA: security update for org.bitcoinj:bitcoinj-core (GHSA-hfcf-v2f8-x9pc)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 441529

Description

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

 - The bitcoinj library is a Java implementation of the Bitcoin protocol. Prior to 0.17.1,
 ScriptExecution.correctlySpends() contains two fast-path verification bugs for standard P2PKH and native
 P2WPKH spends in core/src/main/java/org/bitcoinj/script/ScriptExecution.java. In both branches, bitcoinj
 verifies an attacker-controlled signature/public-key pair but fails to verify that the public key is the
 one committed to by the output being spent. As a result, any attacker keypair can satisfy bitcoinj's local
 verification for arbitrary P2PKH and P2WPKH outputs. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.17.1.
 (CVE-2026-44714)

Solution

Update the org.bitcoinj:bitcoinj-core library and its related packages to version 0.17.1 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-hfcf-v2f8-x9pc

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 441529

Version: Revision 1.7

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 5/8/2026

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.68

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-44714

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:H/A:N

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/8/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/8/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-44714

cwe: CWE-347