CVE-2026-5588
An attacker can exploit multiple vulnerabilities in Bouncy Castle BC-JAVA to bypass cryptographic security measures, disclose confidential information, or cause a denial-of-service condition.
CSIRTS triage
- What
- An attacker can exploit multiple vulnerabilities in Bouncy Castle BC-JAVA to bypass cryptographic security measures, disclose confidential information, or cause a denial-of-service condition.
- Who is affected
- Deployments of Bouncy Castle BC-JAVA are affected.
- Urgency
- Remediation is high urgency due to the high severity and potential for exploitation.
- Action
- Update to the latest version of Bouncy Castle BC-JAVA.
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Exploitation outlook
- Low exploitation risk0.39% 30-day exploitation probability — currently an unlikely target, but scores change as exploit code circulates. Riskier than 31% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.
Advisory coverage (2)
- high[UPDATE] [high] Bouncy Castle BC-JAVA: Multiple vulnerabilitiescert-bund · 2026-07-10
- unknownMultiple vulnerabilities in IBM products (June 26, 2026)cert-fr-avis · 2026-06-26
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