# CVE-2024-34447: An issue was discovered in the Bouncy Castle Crypto Package For Java before BC TLS Java 1.0.19 (ships with BC Java 1.78, BC Java (LTS) 2.73.

- Also known as: GHSA-4H8F-2WVX-GG5W
- Severity: CVSS 7.5 (High), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.78, 1.0.19, 2.73.6
- Published: 2024-05-03 · Updated: 2025-06-17

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported
- org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk18on (Maven): from 1.61, fixed in 1.78
- org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk15to18 (Maven): from 1.61, fixed in 1.78
- org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk14 (Maven): from 1.61, fixed in 1.78
- org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk12 (Maven): from 1.61, fixed in 1.78
- org.bouncycastle:bctls-fips (Maven): fixed in 1.0.19
- org.bouncycastle:bcprov-lts8on (Maven): fixed in 2.73.6
- org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk15on (Maven): from 1.61, fixed in 1.78

## Description

An issue was discovered in the Bouncy Castle Crypto Package For Java before BC TLS Java 1.0.19 (ships with BC Java 1.78, BC Java (LTS) 2.73.6) and before BC FIPS TLS Java 1.0.19. When endpoint identification is enabled in the BCJSSE and an SSL socket is created without an explicit hostname (as happens with HttpsURLConnection), hostname verification could be performed against a DNS-resolved IP address in some situations, opening up a possibility of DNS poisoning.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk18on, org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk15to18 or the other affected packages, upgrade to a fixed version (1.78, 1.0.19, 2.73.6) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://www.bouncycastle.org/latest_releases.html
- https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/wiki/CVE%E2%80%902024%E2%80%9034447
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240614-0007/

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