VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2017-13098
CVSS score7.5 HIGH
EPSS probability24.28%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2017-12-13
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Description
BouncyCastle TLS prior to version 1.0.3, when configured to use the JCE (Java Cryptography Extension) for cryptographic functions, provides a weak Bleichenbacher oracle when any TLS cipher suite using RSA key exchange is negotiated. An attacker can recover the private key from a vulnerable application. This vulnerability is referred to as "ROBOT."
Weakness classification
- CWE-203: Observable Discrepancy
Primary references
- cret@cert.org
- cret@cert.org — Issue Tracking, Mitigation, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- cret@cert.org — Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- cret@cert.org — Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- cret@cert.org — Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- cret@cert.org — Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- cret@cert.org — Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- cret@cert.org
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Issue Tracking, Mitigation, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory