An issue was discovered in Bouncy Castle Java Cryptography APIs before 1.78.
Priority LOW 34CWE-835Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Denial of service
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · High
- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 11 fixed, 4 without a fix
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA, GitHub and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-835.
Summary
An issue was discovered in Bouncy Castle Java Cryptography APIs before 1.78. An Ed25519 verification code infinite loop can occur via a crafted signature and public key.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00753 55th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk18on (Maven): 1.78org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk15to18 (Maven): 1.78+5 more productsRed Hat: 11 advisoriesRed Hat: 11 fixed, 4 without a fix
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| — | org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk18on (Maven) | 1.73 to before 1.78 | 1.78 | Patch available | GHSA-m44j-cfrm-g8qc |
| — | org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk15to18 (Maven) | 1.73 to before 1.78 | 1.78 | Patch available | GHSA-m44j-cfrm-g8qc |
| — | org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk14 (Maven) | 1.73 to before 1.78 | 1.78 | Patch available | GHSA-m44j-cfrm-g8qc |
| — | org.bouncycastle:bctls-jdk18on (Maven) | 1.73 to before 1.78 | 1.78 | Patch available | GHSA-m44j-cfrm-g8qc |
| — | org.bouncycastle:bctls-jdk14 (Maven) | 1.73 to before 1.78 | 1.78 | Patch available | GHSA-m44j-cfrm-g8qc |
| — | org.bouncycastle:bctls-jdk15to18 (Maven) | 1.73 to before 1.78 | 1.78 | Patch available | GHSA-m44j-cfrm-g8qc |
| — | BouncyCastle (NuGet) | all versions | — | No fix listed | GHSA-m44j-cfrm-g8qc |
| — | BouncyCastle.Cryptography (NuGet) | before 2.3.1 | 2.3.1 | Patch available | GHSA-m44j-cfrm-g8qc |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk18on (Maven) Vendor— Affected 1.73 to before 1.78 Fixed in 1.78 Patch available GHSA-m44j-cfrm-g8qc
- org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk15to18 (Maven) Vendor— Affected 1.73 to before 1.78 Fixed in 1.78 Patch available GHSA-m44j-cfrm-g8qc
- org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk14 (Maven) Vendor— Affected 1.73 to before 1.78 Fixed in 1.78 Patch available GHSA-m44j-cfrm-g8qc
- org.bouncycastle:bctls-jdk18on (Maven) Vendor— Affected 1.73 to before 1.78 Fixed in 1.78 Patch available GHSA-m44j-cfrm-g8qc
- org.bouncycastle:bctls-jdk14 (Maven) Vendor— Affected 1.73 to before 1.78 Fixed in 1.78 Patch available GHSA-m44j-cfrm-g8qc
- org.bouncycastle:bctls-jdk15to18 (Maven) Vendor— Affected 1.73 to before 1.78 Fixed in 1.78 Patch available GHSA-m44j-cfrm-g8qc
- BouncyCastle (NuGet) Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed GHSA-m44j-cfrm-g8qc
- BouncyCastle.Cryptography (NuGet) Vendor— Affected before 2.3.1 Fixed in 2.3.1 Patch available GHSA-m44j-cfrm-g8qc
CPE names CISA-ADP · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:bouncycastle:legion-of-the-bouncy-castle-java-crytography-api:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | — | — | Legion of the Bouncy Castle Inc. |
- cpe:2.3:a:bouncycastle:legion-of-the-bouncy-castle-java-crytography-api:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions — — ·Legion of the Bouncy Castle Inc.
Remediation
- Fix · GHSA-m44j-cfrm-g8qc org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk18on (Maven) Fixed in 1.78 Advisory →
- Fix · GHSA-m44j-cfrm-g8qc org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk15to18 (Maven) Fixed in 1.78 Advisory →
- Fix · GHSA-m44j-cfrm-g8qc org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk14 (Maven) Fixed in 1.78 Advisory →
- Fix · GHSA-m44j-cfrm-g8qc org.bouncycastle:bctls-jdk18on (Maven) Fixed in 1.78 Advisory →
- Fix · GHSA-m44j-cfrm-g8qc org.bouncycastle:bctls-jdk14 (Maven) Fixed in 1.78 Advisory →
- Fix · GHSA-m44j-cfrm-g8qc org.bouncycastle:bctls-jdk15to18 (Maven) Fixed in 1.78 Advisory →
- Fix · GHSA-m44j-cfrm-g8qc BouncyCastle.Cryptography (NuGet) Fixed in 2.3.1 Advisory →
Red Hat 11 advisories
- RHSA-2024:5479 Released 2024-08-15 · Red Hat rating ImportantRed Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 8.0.3 Security update
- Red Hat JBoss EAP 8.0 for RHEL 8 eap8-activemq-artemis-2.21.0-5.redhat_00052.1.el8eap, eap8-activemq-artemis-cli-2.21.0-5.redhat_00052.1.el8eap, eap8-activemq-artemis-commons-2.21.0-5.redhat_00052.1.el8eap +47
- RHSA-2024:5481 Released 2024-08-15 · Red Hat rating ImportantRed Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 8.0.3 Security update
- Red Hat JBoss EAP 8.0 for RHEL 9 eap8-activemq-artemis-2.21.0-5.redhat_00052.1.el9eap, eap8-activemq-artemis-cli-2.21.0-5.redhat_00052.1.el9eap, eap8-activemq-artemis-commons-2.21.0-5.redhat_00052.1.el9eap +47
- RHSA-2024:5482 Released 2024-08-15 · Red Hat rating ImportantRed Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 8.0.3 Security update
- Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 8
Show 8 more Red Hat advisories
- RHSA-2024:5147 Released 2024-08-08 · Red Hat rating ImportantRed Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4.18 Security update
- Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform io.netty.netty-codec-http-4.1.108.Final-redhat-00001.jar, io.undertow.undertow-core-2.2.33.SP1-redhat-00001.jar, org.bouncycastle.bcprov-jdk18on-1.78.1.redhat-00002.pom
- RHSA-2024:5144 Released 2024-08-08 · Red Hat rating ImportantRed Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4.18 Security update
- Red Hat JBoss EAP 7.4 for RHEL 8 eap7-bouncycastle-1.78.1-1.redhat_00002.1.el8eap, eap7-bouncycastle-mail-1.78.1-1.redhat_00002.1.el8eap, eap7-bouncycastle-pg-1.78.1-1.redhat_00002.1.el8eap +47
- RHSA-2024:5143 Released 2024-08-08 · Red Hat rating ImportantRed Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4.18 Security update
- Red Hat JBoss EAP 7.4 for RHEL 7 Server eap7-bouncycastle-1.78.1-1.redhat_00002.1.el7eap, eap7-bouncycastle-mail-1.78.1-1.redhat_00002.1.el7eap, eap7-bouncycastle-pg-1.78.1-1.redhat_00002.1.el7eap +47
- RHSA-2024:5145 Released 2024-08-08 · Red Hat rating ImportantRed Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4.18 Security update
- Red Hat JBoss EAP 7.4 for RHEL 9 eap7-bouncycastle-1.78.1-1.redhat_00002.1.el9eap, eap7-bouncycastle-mail-1.78.1-1.redhat_00002.1.el9eap, eap7-bouncycastle-pg-1.78.1-1.redhat_00002.1.el9eap +47
- RHSA-2024:4884 Released 2024-07-25 · Red Hat rating ImportantRed Hat Build of Apache Camel 4.4.1 for Spring Boot security update.
- Red Hat build of Apache Camel 4.4.1 for Spring Boot 3.2
- RHSA-2024:4505 Released 2024-07-11 · Red Hat rating ModerateRed Hat Build of Apache Camel 4.4 for Quarkus 3.8 update (RHBQ 3.8.5.GA)
- Red Hat Build of Apache Camel 4.4 for Quarkus 3.8
- RHSA-2024:4326 Released 2024-07-08 · Red Hat rating ModerateRed Hat build of Quarkus 3.8.5 release and security update
- Red Hat build of Quarkus 3.8.5.redhat org.bouncycastle.bcprov-jdk18on-1.78.1.redhat-00002.jar
- RHSA-2024:4271 Released 2024-07-02 · Red Hat rating ImportantRed Hat AMQ Broker 7.12.1 release and security update
- Red Hat AMQ Broker 7
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Cryostat 2 | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
| Red Hat Build of Keycloak | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat build of Apache Camel 4 for Quarkus 3 | Affected | No fix yet |
| streams for Apache Kafka | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
| Red Hat AMQ Broker 7 | Fixed | RHSA-2024:4271 |
| Red Hat Build of Apache Camel 4.4 for Quarkus 3.8 | Fixed | RHSA-2024:4505 |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 7.4 for RHEL 7 Server | Fixed | RHSA-2024:5143 |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 7.4 for RHEL 8 | Fixed | RHSA-2024:5144 |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 7.4 for RHEL 9 | Fixed | RHSA-2024:5145 |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 8.0 for RHEL 8 | Fixed | RHSA-2024:5479 |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 8.0 for RHEL 9 | Fixed | RHSA-2024:5481 |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform | Fixed | RHSA-2024:5147 |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 8 | Fixed | RHSA-2024:5482 |
| Red Hat build of Apache Camel 4.4.1 for Spring Boot 3.2 | Fixed | RHSA-2024:4884 |
| Red Hat build of Quarkus 3.8.5.redhat | Fixed | RHSA-2024:4326 |
Not affected: 11 products
- Cryostat 3
- Red Hat Data Grid 8
- Red Hat Fuse 7
- Red Hat JBoss EAP 7.4 for RHEL 7 Server
- Red Hat JBoss EAP 7.4 for RHEL 8
- Red Hat JBoss EAP 7.4 for RHEL 9
- Red Hat JBoss EAP 8.0 for RHEL 8
- Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform
- Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform Expansion Pack
- Red Hat build of Apache Camel for Spring Boot 3
- Red Hat build of Quarkus 3.8.5.redhat
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-30172
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-m44j-cfrm-g8qc
References
Other 8
- https://www.bouncycastle.org/latest_releases.html
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240614-0007/
- 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
Sources
- CVE-2024-30172 · CVE Program
- CVE-2024-30172 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-m44j-cfrm-g8qc · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2024-30172 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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