GHSA-CJ8J-37RH-8475
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-04-17 18:31 – Updated: 2026-04-18 01:06
VLAI?
Summary
Bouncy Castle Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability
Details
Allocation of resources without limits or throttling vulnerability in Legion of the Bouncy Castle Inc. BC-JAVA bcpg on all (pg modules). This issue affects BC-JAVA before 1.84.
Unbounded PGP AEAD chunk size leads to pre-auth resource exhaustion.
Severity ?
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"aliases": [
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"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-400"
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"github_reviewed": true,
"github_reviewed_at": "2026-04-18T01:06:35Z",
"nvd_published_at": "2026-04-15T10:16:49Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
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"details": "Allocation of resources without limits or throttling vulnerability in Legion of the Bouncy Castle Inc. BC-JAVA bcpg on all (pg modules). This issue affects BC-JAVA before 1.84.\n\nUnbounded PGP AEAD chunk size leads to pre-auth resource exhaustion.",
"id": "GHSA-cj8j-37rh-8475",
"modified": "2026-04-18T01:06:35Z",
"published": "2026-04-17T18:31:50Z",
"references": [
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"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-3505"
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/commit/dc7530939ffb6cdb57636f3609d98e23b94e71c1"
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"url": "https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java"
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"severity": [
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"score": "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",
"type": "CVSS_V4"
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"summary": "Bouncy Castle Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability"
}
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Sightings
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Nomenclature
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- Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
- Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
- Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
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