CVE-2016-1000343

HIGH7.5EPSS 1.1%

In Bouncy Castle JCE Provider the DSA key pair generator generates a weak private key if used with default values

Published: 10/17/2018Modified: 4/28/2026

Description

In the Bouncy Castle JCE Provider version 1.55 and earlier the DSA key pair generator generates a weak private key if used with default values. If the JCA key pair generator is not explicitly initialised with DSA parameters, 1.55 and earlier generates a private value assuming a 1024 bit key size. In earlier releases this can be dealt with by explicitly passing parameters to the key pair generator.

Affected packages (4)

CVSS scores

SourceVersionSeverityVector
osvCVSS 3.1HIGH7.5CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

References (12)