GHSA-qp49-qgx5-5m26
Bouncy Castle: Lazy ASN.1 sequence forcing resets nesting-depth guard
At a glance
- Published
- Updated
- CVE
- CVE-2026-13506
- CVSS_V3
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CVSS_V4
- CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/U:Amber
Description
In Bouncy Castle for Java before 1.85, Lazy ASN.1 sequence forcing resets nesting-depth guard. This issue also affects Bouncy Castle for Java LTS before 2.73.12, and Bouncy Castle for Java FIPS (BC-FJA) before bc-fips 1.0.2.7 (1.0.X series), 2.0.2 (2.0.X series) and 2.1.3 (2.1.X series).
Affected packages
| Package | Versions |
|---|---|
| Maven · org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk18on | introduced 0, fixed 1.85 |
| Maven · org.bouncycastle:bc-fips | introduced 0, fixed 1.0.2.7 |
| Maven · org.bouncycastle:bc-fips | introduced 2.0.0, fixed 2.0.2 |
| Maven · org.bouncycastle:bc-fips | introduced 2.1.0, fixed 2.1.3 |
| Maven · org.bouncycastle:bcprov-lts8on | introduced 0, fixed 2.73.12 |
| Maven · org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk15to18 | introduced 0, fixed 1.85 |
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-13506 ADVISORY
- https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/commit/77454da9b3dcaaa2991412d1c3c1a6e1a338ff84 WEB
- https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java PACKAGE
- https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/wiki/CVE-2026-13506 WEB
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| OSV.dev | CC-BY 4.0 — GitHub Advisory Database |