An issue was discovered in Bouncy Castle Java TLS API and JSSE Provider before 1.78. Timing-based leakage may occur in RSA based handshakes because of exception processing.
CVE-2024-30171
This medium-severity CVE scores 5.9 under NVD CVSS v3. EPSS exploit probability: 0.1%, top 72% of all CVEs by exploit prediction. GitHub Security Advisory data not yet ingested — confidence will rise once GHSA publishes (typical lag: hours to days for open-source ecosystem CVEs; never for infrastructure-only CVEs).
- Lower severity and no public exploit yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 5.9
- EG Score
- 5.9(medium)
- EPSS
- 55.5%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
May 14, 2024
Last Modified
April 15, 2026
References (8)
- cve@mitrehttps://github.com/bcgit/bc-csharp/wiki/CVE%E2%80%902024%E2%80%9030171
- cve@mitrehttps://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/wiki/CVE%E2%80%902024%E2%80%9030171
- cve@mitrehttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240614-0008/
- cve@mitrehttps://www.bouncycastle.org/latest_releases.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/bcgit/bc-csharp/wiki/CVE%E2%80%902024%E2%80%9030171
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/wiki/CVE%E2%80%902024%E2%80%9030171
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240614-0008/
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.bouncycastle.org/latest_releases.html
Vendor Advisories for CVE-2024-30171(5)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
- RHSA-2024:5147Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4.18 Security update
- RHSA-2024:5144Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4.18 Security update
- RHSA-2024:5143Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4.18 Security update
- RHSA-2024:5145Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4.18 Security update
- RHSA-2024:4884Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Build of Apache Camel 4.4.1 for Spring Boot security update.
Patch Availability(9)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ubuntu | libbcprov-java-doc (1.51-4ubuntu1+esm1) @ xenial | 2026-05-22 | ubuntu |
| redhat | org.bouncycastle-bcprov-jdk18on | 2024-08-15 | redhat |
| redhat | eap8-bouncycastle-0:1.78.1-1.redhat_00001.1.el8eap | 2024-08-15 | redhat |
| redhat | eap8-yasson-0:3.0.3-3.redhat_00002.1.el9eap | 2024-08-15 | redhat |
| redhat | eap7-bouncycastle-0:1.78.1-1.redhat_00002.1.el8eap | 2024-08-08 | redhat |
| redhat | eap7-bouncycastle-0:1.78.1-1.redhat_00002.1.el7eap | 2024-08-08 | redhat |
| redhat | eap7-bouncycastle-0:1.78.1-1.redhat_00002.1.el9eap | 2024-08-08 | redhat |
| redhat | cryostat-tech-preview/jfr-datasource-rhel8:3.0.0-2 | 2024-07-08 | redhat |
| redhat | org.bouncycastle/bcprov-jdk18on:1.78.1.redhat-00002 | 2024-07-08 | redhat |
Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.
Affected Packages
(10 across 2 ecosystems)
Maven(8)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk14 | 1.38 ... 1.77 (34 versions) | 1.78 | — |
| org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk15on | 1.46 ... 1.70 (26 versions) | 1.78 | — |
| org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk15to18 | 1.63 ... 1.77 (15 versions) | 1.78 | — |
| org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk18on | 1.71 ... 1.77 (8 versions) | 1.78 | — |
| org.bouncycastle:bctls-fips | 1.0.0 ... 1.0.9 (29 versions) | 1.0.19 | — |
| org.bouncycastle:bctls-jdk14 | 1.61 ... 1.77 (16 versions) | 1.78 | — |
| org.bouncycastle:bctls-jdk15to18 | 1.63 ... 1.77 (15 versions) | 1.78 | — |
| org.bouncycastle:bctls-jdk18on | 1.71 ... 1.77 (8 versions) | 1.78 | — |
NuGet(2)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| BouncyCastle | 1.7.0 ... 1.8.9 (10 versions) | — | — |
| BouncyCastle.Cryptography | 2.0.0 ... 2.3.0 (6 versions) | 2.3.1 | — |
Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Additional Vendor Advisories
(8)
Vendors that published advisories for this CVE beyond the curated set above. Broader coverage but minimal per-row detail — click through for the original advisory.
- Red HatRHSA-2024:4173MODERATE2024-04-18
RHSA-2024:4173 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2024:4271MODERATE2024-04-18
RHSA-2024:4271 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2024:4326MODERATE2024-04-18
RHSA-2024:4326 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2024:4505MODERATE2024-04-18
RHSA-2024:4505 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2024:5479MODERATE2024-04-18
RHSA-2024:5479 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2024:5481MODERATE2024-04-18
RHSA-2024:5481 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2024:5482MODERATE2024-04-18
RHSA-2024:5482 — Moderate
- UbuntuUSN-8108-1MEDIUM
Bouncy Castle vulnerabilities
Data Freshness Timeline
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