[NEW] [medium] Bouncy Castle: Vulnerability allows information disclosure

mediumCVE-2024-14041

A remote, anonymous attacker can exploit a vulnerability in Bouncy Castle to disclose information.

CSIRTS triage

vendor: Bouncy Castle product: Bouncy Castle Information disclosure

What: A vulnerability allows a remote attacker to disclose information.
Who is affected: Remote, anonymous attackers can exploit this vulnerability in Bouncy Castle.
Urgency: This is a medium urgency issue as it could lead to unauthorized information disclosure.
Action: Users should update Bouncy Castle to the latest version to mitigate this vulnerability.

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Details

Source: CERT-Bund (BSI) Security Advisories (DE · national-cert · site)
Severity: medium
Published: 2026-07-28
Exploitation: Not in CISA KEV at last sync
Language: Machine-translated to English — verify against the original

Original advisory: https://wid.cert-bund.de/portal/wid/securityadvisory?name=WID-SEC-2026-2550

Exploitation outlook

EPSS (FIRST.org) estimates each CVE’s probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — here is the CSIRTS.com read on those numbers.

Low exploitation riskCVE-2024-140410.27% 30-day exploitation probability — currently an unlikely target, but scores change as exploit code circulates. Riskier than 20% of all scored CVEs.

Referenced CVEs

CVE	CSIRTS overview	External
CVE-2024-14041	coverage & exploitation status	NVD · CVE.org

Same CVEs, other sources

How other CERTs, PSIRTs and databases cover the vulnerabilities in this advisory.

unknownCVE-2024-14041: In Bouncy Castle for Java from 1.73 to before 1.78, three ML-KEM (CRYSTALS-Kyber) routines div…nvd

Recent advisories for 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.

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