CVE-2026-59648 (GCVE-0-2026-59648)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-03 00:45 – Updated: 2026-08-03 13:34
VLAI
Title
OpenPGP Argon2 S2K honours attacker-chosen memory and passes
Summary
In Bouncy Castle for Java before 1.85, OpenPGP Argon2 S2K honours attacker-chosen memory and passes. This issue also affects Bouncy Castle for Java LTS before 2.73.12, and Bouncy Castle for Java FIPS (BC-FJA) before bcpg-fips 1.0.13 (1.0.X series), 2.0.13 (2.0.X series) and 2.1.13 (2.1.X series).
Severity
6.9 (Medium)
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
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-08-03 13:34 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: 1.71 , < 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: 1.0.6 , < 1.0.13 (maven)
Affected: 2.0.0 , < 2.0.13 (maven)
Affected: 2.1.0 , < 2.1.13 (maven)
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Credits
Alex Gaynor in collaboration with Claude and Anthropic Research
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