CVE-2026-58063 (GCVE-0-2026-58063)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-03 02:29 – Updated: 2026-08-03 15:36
VLAI
Title
BCFKS keystore load honours unbounded KDF cost from untrusted file
Summary
In Bouncy Castle for Java before 1.85, BCFKS keystore load honours unbounded KDF cost from untrusted file. 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).
Severity
5.3 (Medium)
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/U:Amber
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-08-03 15:36 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-770 - Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Legion of the Bouncy Castle Inc. BC-JAVA Affected: 0 , < 1.85 (maven)
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Legion of the Bouncy Castle Inc. BC-LTS-JAVA Affected: 2.73.0 , < 2.73.12 (maven)
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Legion of the Bouncy Castle Inc. BC-FJA Affected: 1.0.0 , < 1.0.2.7 (maven)
Affected: 2.0.0 , < 2.0.2 (maven)
Affected: 2.1.0 , < 2.1.3 (maven)
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Credits
Alex Gaynor in collaboration with Claude and Anthropic Research
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