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CVE-2020-15522

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-15522 is a timing side-channel vulnerability affecting Bouncy Castle BC Java before 1.66, BC C# .NET before 1.8.7, and related FIPS API versions. This flaw allows an attacker to potentially deduce private key information by observing timing differences during the generation of multiple deterministic ECDSA signatures. Rated Medium (CVSS 5.9), it requires high attack complexity (AC:H) but can lead to high confidentiality impact (C:H) without user interaction. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 1.8.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:bouncycastle:bc-csharp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 1.0.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:bouncycastle:bouncy_castle_fips_.net_api:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 1.0.1.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:bouncycastle:fips_java_api:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 1.0.2, < 1.0.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:bouncycastle:fips_java_api:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 1.66CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:bouncycastle:the_bouncy_castle_crypto_package_for_java:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.9MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.2
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.52%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
72.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0152 is in the 46th percentile among its peer group of 19,953 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (18)

mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.bouncycastle:bc-fipsFixed in: 1.0.2.1
mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.bouncycastle:bcprov-ext-jdk15onFixed in: 1.66
mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.bouncycastle:bcprov-ext-jdk16Fixed in: 1.66
mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk14Fixed in: 1.66
mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk15Fixed in: 1.66
mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk15onFixed in: 1.66
mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk15to18Fixed in: 1.66
mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk16Fixed in: 1.66
nugetpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: BouncyCastleFixed in: 1.8.7
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat EAP-XP 2.0.0 via EAP 7.3.x baseFixed in: bouncycastle
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Fuse 7.10Fixed in: bouncycastle
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Fuse 7.8.1
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: RHINT Camel-K 1.6.4Fixed in: bouncycastle
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: RHINT Camel-Q 2.2.1
View patch
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Integration Camel Quarkus 1Fixed in: bouncycastle
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Application RuntimesFixed in: bouncycastle
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Single Sign-On 7Fixed in: bouncycastle
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat support for Spring BootFixed in: bouncycastle

Vendor Advisories (2)

mavenGHSA-6xx3-rg99-gc3pmedium

Timing based private key exposure in Bouncy Castle

Aug 13, 2021
redhatCVE-2020-15522Moderate

bouncycastle: Timing issue within the EC math library

May 20, 2021

References

github.com / bcgit/bc-csharp/wiki/CVE-2020-15522
Third Party Advisory
github.com / bcgit/bc-java/wiki/CVE-2020-15522
Third Party Advisory
security.netapp.com / advisory/ntap-20210622-0007
bouncycastle.org / releasenotes.html
Release NotesVendor Advisory