CVE-2026-15055: In Bouncy Castle for Java before 1.85, PKCS#8 / PBES2 decryptors honour unbounded KDF cost from input. This issue also affects Bouncy Castle for Java LTS before 2.73.12, and Bouncy
In Bouncy Castle for Java before 1.85, PKCS#8 / PBES2 decryptors honour unbounded KDF cost from input. This issue also affects Bouncy Castle for Java LTS before 2.73.12, and Bouncy Castle for Java FIPS (BC-FJA) before bcpkix-fips 1.0.12 (1.0.X series), 2.0.12 (2.0.X series) and 2.1.12 (2.1.X series).
Details
Original advisory: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-15055
Referenced CVEs
| CVE | CSIRTS overview | External |
|---|---|---|
| CVE-2026-15055 | coverage & exploitation status | NVD · CVE.org |
Recent advisories for In Bouncy Castle
A cluster of recent advisories against the same product widens the attack surface — attackers routinely chain freshly published CVEs on one product, so review these together.
- unknownCVE-2026-58063: In Bouncy Castle for Java before 1.85, BCFKS keystore load honours unbounded KDF cost from unt…nvd · 2026-08-03
- unknownCVE-2026-58062: In Bouncy Castle for Java before 1.85, Stapled OCSP response accepted without binding to the c…nvd · 2026-08-03
- unknownCVE-2026-58061: In Bouncy Castle for Java before 1.85, CCM-family modes write plaintext to caller buffer befor…nvd · 2026-08-03
- unknownCVE-2026-58060: In Bouncy Castle for Java before 1.85, HSS public-key level count unbounded, enabling huge all…nvd · 2026-08-03
- unknownCVE-2026-58059: In Bouncy Castle for Java before 1.85, Quadratic-time escaping when stringifying X.500 disting…nvd · 2026-08-03
- unknownCVE-2026-8763: In Bouncy Castle for Java before 1.85, Name Constraints bypass via trailing dot in rfc822Name a…nvd · 2026-08-03
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- unknownCVE-2026-58062: In Bouncy Castle for Java before 1.85, Stapled OCSP response accepted without binding to the c…2026-08-03
- unknownCVE-2026-58061: In Bouncy Castle for Java before 1.85, CCM-family modes write plaintext to caller buffer befor…2026-08-03
- unknownCVE-2026-58060: In Bouncy Castle for Java before 1.85, HSS public-key level count unbounded, enabling huge all…2026-08-03
- unknownCVE-2026-58059: In Bouncy Castle for Java before 1.85, Quadratic-time escaping when stringifying X.500 disting…2026-08-03