BCFKS keystore load honours unbounded KDF cost from untrusted file

Summary

CVECVE-2026-58063
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerbcorg
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2026-08-03 03:16:45 UTC
Updated2026-09-02 14:34:30 UTC
DescriptionIn 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).

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v4.0 5.3 MEDIUM from 91579145-5d7b-4cc5-b925-a0262ff19630

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/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:Amber

EPSS: 0.003290000 probability, percentile 0.254310000 (date 2026-08-08)

Problem Types: CWE-770 | CWE-770 CWE-770 Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling


VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
4.091579145-5d7b-4cc5-b925-a0262ff19630Secondary5.3MEDIUMCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/C...
4.0CNACVSS5.3MEDIUMCVSS: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
3.1[email protected]Primary5.3MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

CVSS v4.0 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Attack Requirements
None
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Passive
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Low
Sub Conf.
None
Sub Integrity
None
Sub Availability
None

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/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:Amber

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Low

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Bouncycastle Bc-java All All All All
Application Bouncycastle Bouncy Castle For Java Lts All All All All
Application Bouncycastle Fips Java Api All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Legion Of The Bouncy Castle Inc. BC-JAVA affected 1.85 maven all
CNA Legion Of The Bouncy Castle Inc. BC-LTS-JAVA affected 2.73.0 2.73.12 maven all
CNA Legion Of The Bouncy Castle Inc. BC-FJA affected 1.0.0 1.0.2.7 maven all
CNA Legion Of The Bouncy Castle Inc. BC-FJA affected 2.0.0 2.0.2 maven all
CNA Legion Of The Bouncy Castle Inc. BC-FJA affected 2.1.0 2.1.3 maven all

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
github.com/bcgit/bc-java/commit/81737a56ef4489da1f849cf549df95e338ea6b06 91579145-5d7b-4cc5-b925-a0262ff19630 github.com Patch
github.com/bcgit/bc-java/wiki/CVE%E2%80%902026%E2%80%9058063 91579145-5d7b-4cc5-b925-a0262ff19630 github.com Third Party Advisory, Patch
github.com/bcgit/bc-java/wiki/CVE-2026-58063 MITRE github.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

Discovery Credit

CNA: Alex Gaynor in collaboration with Claude and Anthropic Research (en)

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