Bleichenbacher padding oracle in CMS RSA PKCS#1 v1.5 key-transport unwrap
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2026-63573 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLISHED |
| Assigner | bcorg |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2026-10-02 08:17:02 UTC |
| Updated | 2026-10-02 20:17:03 UTC |
| Description | Observable discrepancy in the CMS RSA PKCS#1 v1.5 key-transport unwrap (KeyTransRecipientInformation.UnwrapKey) in Legion of the Bouncy Castle Inc. bc-csharp before 2.7.0 allows a remote attacker who holds a captured CMS EnvelopedData message, and who can submit many modified messages to an application that decrypts them with the recipient's RSA private key and reveals how decryption failed, to recover the captured message's content-encryption key and so its content, via a Bleichenbacher-style adaptive chosen-ciphertext attack, because a key-transport ciphertext with invalid PKCS#1 v1.5 padding is rejected during unwrap with a distinct "bad padding in message." CmsException instead of being replaced by a random key, so it can be told apart from a correctly padded ciphertext, which fails only later at content decryption. |
Risk And Classification
Primary CVSS: v4.0 8.2 HIGH from 91579145-5d7b-4cc5-b925-a0262ff19630
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/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:X
Problem Types: CWE-203 | CWE-203 CWE-203 Observable Discrepancy
| Version | Source | Type | Score | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4.0 | 91579145-5d7b-4cc5-b925-a0262ff19630 | Secondary | 8.2 | HIGH | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/C... |
| 4.0 | CNA | CVSS | 8.2 | HIGH | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N |
CVSS v4.0 Breakdown
Attack Vector
NetworkAttack Complexity
LowAttack Requirements
PresentPrivileges Required
NoneUser Interaction
NoneConfidentiality
HighIntegrity
NoneAvailability
NoneSub Conf.
NoneSub Integrity
NoneSub Availability
NoneCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/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:X
Vendor Declared Affected Products
| Source | Vendor | Product | Version | Platforms |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | Legion Of The Bouncy Castle Inc. | Bc-csharp | affected 2.7.0 semver | Not specified |
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| github.com/bcgit/bc-csharp/commit/85679cc7023adf4e2a0650b88a1f4f98679c7463 | 91579145-5d7b-4cc5-b925-a0262ff19630 | github.com | |
| github.com/bcgit/bc-csharp/wiki/CVE-2026-63573 | 91579145-5d7b-4cc5-b925-a0262ff19630 | github.com | |
| github.com/bcgit/bc-csharp/commit/c38b4790e2aef68f116a551f73b94ea05cb5590c | 91579145-5d7b-4cc5-b925-a0262ff19630 | 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: Discovered by Claude, Anthropic's AI assistant, and triaged by the Anthropic security team in collaboration with Anthropic Research. (en)
There are currently no legacy QID mappings associated with this CVE.