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Fencer Vulns
high 7.5

CVE-2018-1000180 json

Bouncy Castle has a flaw in the Low-level interface to RSA key pair generator

published 2018-06-05 8 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-xqj7-j8j5-f2xr , EUVD-2018-0718

cvss
7.5
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
3.4%
EPSS 3.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 88%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Bouncy Castle BC 1.54 - 1.59, BC-FJA 1.0.0, BC-FJA 1.0.1 and earlier have a flaw in the Low-level interface to RSA key pair generator, specifically RSA Key Pairs generated in low-level API with added certainty may have less M-R tests than expected. This appears to be fixed in versions BC 1.60 beta 4 and later, BC-FJA 1.0.2 and later.

Patch / fix

  • maven org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk14 1.60
  • maven org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk15 1.60
  • maven org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk15on 1.60
  • oracle communications_converged_application_server 7.0.0.1
  • oracle communications_webrtc_session_controller 7.2
  • bouncycastle Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.59-2

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2018-1000180

  • eap7-guava jboss enterprise application platform 7.1 25.0.0-1.redhat_1.1.ep7.el7
  • eap7-jberet jboss enterprise application platform 7.1 1.2.6-2.Final_redhat_1.1.ep7.el7
  • eap7-wildfly jboss enterprise application platform 7.1 7.1.4-1.GA_redhat_1.1.ep7.el7
  • eap7-narayana jboss enterprise application platform 7.1 5.5.32-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep7.el7
  • eap7-resteasy jboss enterprise application platform 7.1 3.0.26-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep7.el7
  • eap7-undertow jboss enterprise application platform 7.1 1.4.18-7.SP8_redhat_1.1.ep7.el7
  • eap7-hibernate jboss enterprise application platform 7.1 5.1.15-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep7.el7
  • eap7-ironjacamar jboss enterprise application platform 7.1 1.4.10-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep7.el7

red hat advisories RHSA-2018:2424RHSA-2018:2423RHSA-2018:2643

  • bouncycastle openSUSE Tumbleweed 1.68-3.2

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10661-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2018-1000180 updated cvss 4.8

bouncycastle: flaw in the low-level interface to RSA key pair generator

  • Red Hat JBoss Developer Studio 11 bouncycastle bouncycastle Red Hat JBoss Data Virtualization 6 bouncycastle bouncycastle
    affected: no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat JBoss Fuse 6 bouncycastle bouncycastle
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat JBoss Fuse Integration Service 2 bouncycastle bouncycastle
    affected: no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat OpenShift Application Runtimes bouncycastle bouncycastle
    affected: no fix available
  • Red Hat Satellite 6 bouncycastle Red Hat Software Collections rh-eclipse46-bouncycastle, rh-eclipse46-bouncycastle-javadoc
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Fuse 7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:2669
  • Red Hat JBoss EAP 7.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:2425
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1 for RHEL 6 Server eap7-guava 25.0.0-1.redhat_1.1.ep7.el6, eap7-wildfly 7.1.4-1.GA_redhat_1.1.ep7.el6, eap7-jberet 1.2.6-2.Final_redhat_1.1.ep7.el6, eap7-bouncycastle 1.56.0-5.redhat_3.1.ep7.el6, eap7-undertow 1.4.18-7.SP8_redhat_1.1.ep7.el6, eap7-narayana 5.5.32-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep7.el6, +101 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:2423
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  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1 for RHEL 7 Server eap7-guava 25.0.0-1.redhat_1.1.ep7.el7, eap7-wildfly 7.1.4-1.GA_redhat_1.1.ep7.el7, eap7-jberet 1.2.6-2.Final_redhat_1.1.ep7.el7, eap7-bouncycastle 1.56.0-5.redhat_3.1.ep7.el7, eap7-undertow 1.4.18-7.SP8_redhat_1.1.ep7.el7, eap7-narayana 5.5.32-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep7.el7, +101 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:2424
  • Red Hat Single Sign-On 7.2.4 zip
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:2428
  • Red Hat Virtualization 4 Hypervisor for RHEL 7 rhvm-appliance 4.2-20180828.0.el7 Red Hat Virtualization 4 Management Agent for RHEL 7 Hosts rhvm-appliance 4.2-20180828.0.el7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:2643
  • Red Hat Text-Only RHOAR
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2019:0877
  • Red Hat JBoss Data Grid 7 bouncycastle bouncycastle Red Hat Single Sign-On 7 bouncycastle bouncycastle Red Hat Subscription Asset Manager bouncycastle
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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Exploit prediction

3.42% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 88% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 7.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
GitHub 3.0 7.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
maven org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk14
<1.60
1.60
maven org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk15
<1.60
1.60
maven org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk15on
<1.60
1.60

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-327 Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm

References

Sources

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