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CVE-2026-97873 Legacy PBES1 and PKCS#12 PBE iteration count honoured unbounded in the raw JCA provider

🗓️ 03 Oct 2026 08:04:43Reported by bcorgType 
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Unbounded iteration counts in Bouncy Castle for Java raw JCA provider enable DoS.

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euvd
EUVD
EUVD-2026-91987
3 Oct 202608:04
–euvd
nvd
NVD
CVE-2026-97873
3 Oct 202609:17
–nvd
[
  {
    "vendor": "Legion of the Bouncy Castle Inc.",
    "product": "BC-JAVA",
    "platforms": [
      "all"
    ],
    "collectionURL": "https://www.bouncycastle.org/download/bouncy-castle-java/",
    "packageName": "bcprov",
    "repo": "https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java",
    "packageURL": "pkg:maven/org.bouncycastle/bcprov-jdk18on",
    "modules": [
      "prov"
    ],
    "programFiles": [
      "PBE",
      "PBEPKCS12",
      "PBEPBKDF1",
      "PBESecretKeyFactory",
      "BaseBlockCipher",
      "BaseStreamCipher",
      "BaseWrapCipher",
      "BaseMac"
    ],
    "versions": [
      {
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "0",
        "lessThan": "1.86",
        "versionType": "maven"
      }
    ],
    "defaultStatus": "unaffected"
  },
  {
    "vendor": "Legion of the Bouncy Castle Inc.",
    "product": "BC-LTS-JAVA",
    "platforms": [
      "all"
    ],
    "collectionURL": "https://www.bouncycastle.org/download/bouncy-castle-java-lts/",
    "packageName": "bcprov-lts8on",
    "repo": "https://github.com/bcgit/bc-lts-java",
    "packageURL": "pkg:maven/org.bouncycastle/bcprov-lts8on",
    "modules": [
      "prov"
    ],
    "programFiles": [
      "PBE",
      "PBEPKCS12",
      "PBEPBKDF1",
      "PBESecretKeyFactory",
      "BaseBlockCipher",
      "BaseStreamCipher",
      "BaseWrapCipher",
      "BaseMac"
    ],
    "versions": [
      {
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "2.73.0",
        "lessThan": "2.73.13",
        "versionType": "maven"
      }
    ],
    "defaultStatus": "unaffected"
  }
]

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