GHSA-m44j-cfrm-g8qc

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    GHSA-m44j-cfrm-g8qc

    Published: 14 May 2024Last Modified: 10 Sept 2026

    Summary: Bouncy Castle crafted signature and public key can be used to trigger an infinite loop

    Details: An issue was discovered in Bouncy Castle Java Cryptography APIs starting in 1.73 and before 1.78. An Ed25519 verification code infinite loop can occur via a crafted signature and public key.

    References: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-30172, https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/commit/1b9fd9b545e691bfb3941a9f6a797660c8860f02, https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/commit/9c165791b68a204678b48ec11e4e579754c2ea49, https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/commit/ebe1c75579170072dc59b8dee2b55ce31663178f, https://github.com/bcgit/bc-csharp/wiki/CVE%E2%80%902024%E2%80%9030172, https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/wiki/CVE%E2%80%902024%E2%80%9030172, https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240614-0007, https://www.bouncycastle.org/latest_releases.html

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk18on

    Purl: pkg:maven/org.bouncycastle/bcprov-jdk18on

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 1.73
    Fixed -1.78

    Affected versions

    1.73

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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