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CVE-2026-59647: Legion of the Bouncy Castle BC-JAVA · Unthrottled Resource Allocation

Affects Legion of the Bouncy Castle BC-JAVASource CVE Database V5

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 6.9 Medium : upgrade to 1.85 when convenient.

Data as of 31 Oct 2026, 08:20 UTC

CVSS 4.0 base score
6.9Medium
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 36% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
Patch
Available – fixed in 1.85, 2.73.12, 2.1.12 +2
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/U:Amber

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 3 Aug 2026

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponized: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 30 Oct 2026.

What to do

Upgrade BC-JAVA and bcpkix to 1.85; BC-LTS-JAVA and bcpkix-lts8on to 2.73.12; BC-FJA to 2.1.12, 2.0.12 or 1.0.12.

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
Legion of the Bouncy Castle Inc.BC-JAVAAffected
  • <1.85
Fixed in
  • 1.85
Legion of the Bouncy Castle Inc.BC-LTS-JAVAAffected
  • >=2.73.0 <2.73.12
Fixed in
  • 2.73.12
Legion of the Bouncy Castle Inc.BC-FJAAffected
  • >=2.1.0 <2.1.12
Fixed in
  • 2.1.12
Legion of the Bouncy Castle Inc.BC-FJAAffected
  • >=2.0.0 <2.0.12
Fixed in
  • 2.0.12
Legion of the Bouncy Castle Inc.BC-FJAAffected
  • >=1.0.0 <1.0.12
Fixed in
  • 1.0.12
GitHubbcpkixpkg:github/bcpkixOther threatsAffected
  • <1.85
Fixed in
  • 1.85

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AI-suggested

Until then, consider limiting iteration counts or applying application-level throttling if feasible.

Description

CVE-2026-59647 is a medium severity vulnerability in Bouncy Castle for Java where the CRMF/CMP password-MAC implementation honors an unbounded iteration count. This affects versions before 1.85, and versions from 2.73.0 up to but not including 2.73.12. The issue relates to allocation of resources without limits or throttling, potentially leading to resource exhaustion.

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