In Bouncy Castle for Java before 1.85, CRMF/CMP password-MAC honours unbounded iteration count. (CVE-2026-59647)
In Bouncy Castle for Java before 1.85, CRMF/CMP password-MAC honours unbounded iteration count. This issue also affects Bouncy Castle for Java LTS before 2.73.12, and Bouncy Castle for Java FIPS (BC-FJA) before bcpkix-fips 1.0.12 (1.0.X series), 2.0.12 (2.0.X series) and 2.1.12 (2.1.X series).
In Bouncy Castle for Java before 1.85, CRMF/CMP password-MAC honours unbounded iteration count. (CVE-2026-59647)
Description
In Bouncy Castle for Java before 1.85, CRMF/CMP password-MAC honours unbounded iteration count. This issue also affects Bouncy Castle for Java LTS before 2.73.12, and Bouncy Castle for Java FIPS (BC-FJA) before bcpkix-fips 1.0.12 (1.0.X series), 2.0.12 (2.0.X series) and 2.1.12 (2.1.X series).
CVSS v3.1
Score 5.3medium
Weaknesses
Technical Details
- Gcve Source
- db.gcve.eu
- Osv Id
- GHSA-jjmc-c8fq-qcww
- Osv Schema Version
- 1.4.0
- Aliases
- ["CVE-2026-59647"]
- Ecosystems
- []
- Database Specific Severity
- MODERATE
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
Threat ID: 6a92f816acd9273b49e90ec1
Added to database: 08/29/2026, 15:17:42 UTC
Last updated: 08/29/2026, 15:38:56 UTC
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