FKIE_CVE-2026-59638

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-08-03 01:16 - Updated: 2026-08-28 17:29
Severity
6.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Summary
In Bouncy Castle for Java before 1.85, JSSE hostname verifier CN-fallback enabled by default despite documented opt-in. This issue also affects Bouncy Castle for Java LTS before 2.73.12, and Bouncy Castle for Java FIPS (BC-FJA) before bctls-fips 1.0.24 (1.0.X series), 2.0.24 (2.0.X series) and 2.1.24 (2.1.X series).
References
91579145-5d7b-4cc5-b925-a0262ff19630https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/commit/5ac55351cd1a8a7184d41c96a7ee87df0770240aPatch
91579145-5d7b-4cc5-b925-a0262ff19630https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/commit/799bd15320a6310a447863638aa3df64acef829bPatch
91579145-5d7b-4cc5-b925-a0262ff19630https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/wiki/CVE%E2%80%902026%E2%80%9059638Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
bouncycastle bc-java *
bouncycastle bctls-fips *
bouncycastle bctls-fips *
bouncycastle bctls-fips *
bouncycastle bouncy_castle_for_java_lts *
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