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GHSA-CWC6-73J8-3QM6

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-08-03 03:31 – Updated: 2026-08-03 09:32

Details

In Bouncy Castle for Java before 1.85, CCM-family modes write plaintext to caller buffer before tag check. 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).

Severity

8.7 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/U:Amber

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  "id": "GHSA-cwc6-73j8-3qm6",
  "modified": "2026-08-03T09:32:36Z",
  "published": "2026-08-03T03:31:57Z",
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CVE-2026-58061 (GCVE-0-2026-58061)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-03 02:36 – Updated: 2026-08-03 15:35

Title

CCM-family modes write plaintext to caller buffer before tag check

Summary

Severity

8.7 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/U:Amber

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)

CWE

CWE-354 - Improper Validation of Integrity Check Value

Assigner

bcorg

References

3 references

URL	Tags
https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/wiki/CVE%E2%80%9…	vendor-advisory
https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/commit/cd4a5ab3a…	patch
https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/commit/08d675106…	patch

Impacted products

3 products

Vendor	Product	Version
Legion of the Bouncy Castle Inc.	BC-JAVA	Affected: 0 , < 1.85 (maven)
Legion of the Bouncy Castle Inc.	BC-LTS-JAVA	Affected: 2.73.0 , < 2.73.12 (maven)
Legion of the Bouncy Castle Inc.	BC-FJA	Affected: 1.0.0 , < 1.0.2.7 (maven) Affected: 2.0.0 , < 2.0.2 (maven) Affected: 2.1.0 , < 2.1.3 (maven)

Credits

Alex Gaynor in collaboration with Claude and Anthropic Research

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GHSA-CWC6-73J8-3QM6

CVE-2026-58061 (GCVE-0-2026-58061)

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