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Amazon Linux 2023 : bouncycastle, bouncycastle-javadoc, bouncycastle-mail (ALAS2023-2026-2153)

🗓️ 14 Sep 2026 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
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Bouncy Castle for Java before 1.85 has multiple CVEs incl. AEAD forgery, DoS, and OOM.

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#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
##
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Amazon Linux 2023 Security Advisory ALAS2023-2026-2153.
##

include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(345808);
  script_version("1.1");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2026/09/14");

  script_cve_id(
    "CVE-2026-8763",
    "CVE-2026-12803",
    "CVE-2026-13506",
    "CVE-2026-14682",
    "CVE-2026-58059",
    "CVE-2026-58060",
    "CVE-2026-58061",
    "CVE-2026-58062",
    "CVE-2026-59638",
    "CVE-2026-59639",
    "CVE-2026-59641",
    "CVE-2026-59642",
    "CVE-2026-59645",
    "CVE-2026-59646",
    "CVE-2026-59649",
    "CVE-2026-59650"
  );

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  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote Amazon Linux 2023 host is missing a security update.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2023-2026-2153 advisory.

    In Bouncy Castle for Java before 1.85, KCCMBlockCipher MAC does not bind nonce when AAD is absent (cross-
    nonce AEAD forgery). This issue also affects Bouncy Castle for Java LTS before 2.73.12. (CVE-2026-12803)

    In Bouncy Castle for Java before 1.85, Lazy ASN.1 sequence forcing resets nesting-depth guard. 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). (CVE-2026-13506)

    In Bouncy Castle for Java before 1.85, Possible OOM from unbounded up-front allocation on a definite-
    length read. 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), and
    before bctls-fips 1.0.24. (CVE-2026-14682)

    In Bouncy Castle for Java before 1.85, Quadratic-time escaping when stringifying X.500 distinguished
    names. 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).
    (CVE-2026-58059)

    In Bouncy Castle for Java before 1.85, HSS public-key level count unbounded, enabling huge allocation on
    verify. This issue also affects Bouncy Castle for Java LTS before 2.73.12, and Bouncy Castle for Java FIPS
    (BC-FJA) before bc-fips 2.0.2 (2.0.X series) and 2.1.3 (2.1.X series). (CVE-2026-58060)

    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).
    (CVE-2026-58061)

    In Bouncy Castle for Java before 1.85, Stapled OCSP response accepted without binding to the checked
    certificate. This issue also affects Bouncy Castle for Java LTS before 2.73.12, and Bouncy Castle for Java
    FIPS (BC-FJA) before bc-fips 2.0.2 (2.0.X series) and 2.1.3 (2.1.X series). (CVE-2026-58062)

    In Bouncy Castle for Java before 1.85, JSSE hostname verifier CN-fallback enabled by default despite
    documented opt-in. This issue also affects Bouncy Castle for Java LTS before 2.73.12, and Bouncy Castle
    for Java FIPS (BC-FJA) before bctls-fips 1.0.24 (1.0.X series), 2.0.24 (2.0.X series) and 2.1.24 (2.1.X
    series). (CVE-2026-59638)

    In Bouncy Castle for Java before 1.85, CMS verifySignatures returns true for SignedData with zero signers.
    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).
    (CVE-2026-59639)

    In Bouncy Castle for Java before 1.85, S/MIME validator trusts signer-asserted signingTime for path
    validation. This issue also affects Bouncy Castle for Java LTS before 2.73.12, and Bouncy Castle for Java
    FIPS (BC-FJA) before bcmail-fips and bcjmail-fips 1.0.7 (1.0.X series), 2.0.7 (2.0.X series) and 2.1.7
    (2.1.X series). (CVE-2026-59641)

    In Bouncy Castle for Java before 1.85, CMS AuthenticatedData content not bound to MAC when authAttrs
    present. 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).
    (CVE-2026-59642)

    In Bouncy Castle for Java before 1.85, OER parser recurses without depth limit on self-referential IEEE
    1609.2 schema. This issue also affects Bouncy Castle for Java LTS before 2.73.12, and Bouncy Castle for
    Java FIPS (BC-FJA) before bcutil-fips 2.0.7 (2.0.X series) and 2.1.7 (2.1.X series). (CVE-2026-59645)

    In Bouncy Castle for Java before 1.85, DTLS handshake reassembler allocates buffer from unchecked 24-bit
    length. This issue also affects Bouncy Castle for Java LTS before 2.73.12, and Bouncy Castle for Java FIPS
    (BC-FJA) before bctls-fips 1.0.24 (1.0.X series), 2.0.24 (2.0.X series) and 2.1.24 (2.1.X series).
    (CVE-2026-59646)

    In Bouncy Castle for Java before 1.85, OpenPGP user-attribute subpacket length bounded only by JVM max
    memory. This issue also affects Bouncy Castle for Java LTS before 2.73.12, and Bouncy Castle for Java FIPS
    (BC-FJA) before bcpg-fips 1.0.13 (1.0.X series), 2.0.13 (2.0.X series) and 2.1.13 (2.1.X series).
    (CVE-2026-59649)

    In Bouncy Castle for Java before 1.85, MTI/A0 DH agreement exponentiates unvalidated peer value. This
    issue also affects Bouncy Castle for Java LTS before 2.73.12. (CVE-2026-59650)

    In Bouncy Castle for Java before 1.85, Name Constraints bypass via trailing dot in rfc822Name and URI.
    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). (CVE-2026-8763)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the tested product security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version
number.");
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  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://explore.alas.aws.amazon.com/CVE-2026-58062.html");
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  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://explore.alas.aws.amazon.com/CVE-2026-59642.html");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://explore.alas.aws.amazon.com/CVE-2026-59645.html");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://explore.alas.aws.amazon.com/CVE-2026-59646.html");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://explore.alas.aws.amazon.com/CVE-2026-59649.html");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://explore.alas.aws.amazon.com/CVE-2026-59650.html");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://explore.alas.aws.amazon.com/CVE-2026-8763.html");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Run 'dnf update bouncycastle --releasever 2023.12.20260914' or
  or 'dnf update --advisory ALAS2023-2026-2153 --releasever 2023.12.20260914' to update your system.");
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  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N");
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  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2026-8763");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2026/08/03");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2026/09/14");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2026/09/14");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
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  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:bouncycastle-javadoc");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:bouncycastle-mail");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:bouncycastle-pg");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:bouncycastle-pkix");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:bouncycastle-tls");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:bouncycastle-util");
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  script_family(english:"Amazon Linux Local Security Checks");

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2026 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/AmazonLinux/release", "Host/AmazonLinux/rpm-list");

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include("rpm2.inc");

if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);

var alas_release = get_kb_item("Host/AmazonLinux/release");
if (isnull(alas_release) || !strlen(alas_release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Amazon Linux");
var os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "^AL(A|\d+|-\d+)", string:alas_release);
if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "Amazon Linux");
os_ver = os_ver[1];
if (os_ver != "-2023")
{
  if (os_ver == 'A') os_ver = 'AMI';
  audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Amazon Linux 2023", "Amazon Linux " + os_ver);
}

if (!get_kb_item("Host/AmazonLinux/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

var pkgs = [
    {'reference':'bouncycastle-1.70-4.amzn2023.0.8', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'bouncycastle-javadoc-1.70-4.amzn2023.0.8', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'bouncycastle-mail-1.70-4.amzn2023.0.8', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'bouncycastle-pg-1.70-4.amzn2023.0.8', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'bouncycastle-pkix-1.70-4.amzn2023.0.8', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'bouncycastle-tls-1.70-4.amzn2023.0.8', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'bouncycastle-util-1.70-4.amzn2023.0.8', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE}
];

var flag = 0;
foreach var package_array ( pkgs ) {
  var reference = NULL;
  var _release = NULL;
  var sp = NULL;
  var _cpu = NULL;
  var el_string = NULL;
  var rpm_spec_vers_cmp = NULL;
  var epoch = NULL;
  var allowmaj = NULL;
  var exists_check = NULL;
  var cves = NULL;
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['reference'])) reference = package_array['reference'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['release'])) _release = package_array['release'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['sp'])) sp = package_array['sp'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['cpu'])) _cpu = package_array['cpu'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['el_string'])) el_string = package_array['el_string'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['rpm_spec_vers_cmp'])) rpm_spec_vers_cmp = package_array['rpm_spec_vers_cmp'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['epoch'])) epoch = package_array['epoch'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['allowmaj'])) allowmaj = package_array['allowmaj'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['exists_check'])) exists_check = package_array['exists_check'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['cves'])) cves = package_array['cves'];
  if (reference && _release && (!exists_check || rpm_exists(release:_release, rpm:exists_check))) {
    if (rpm_check(release:_release, sp:sp, cpu:_cpu, reference:reference, epoch:epoch, el_string:el_string, rpm_spec_vers_cmp:rpm_spec_vers_cmp, allowmaj:allowmaj, cves:cves)) flag++;
  }
}

if (flag)
{
  security_report_v4(
      port       : 0,
      severity   : SECURITY_HOLE,
      extra      : rpm_report_get()
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  var tested = pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "bouncycastle / bouncycastle-javadoc / bouncycastle-mail / etc");
}

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14 Sep 2026 00:00Current
CVSS 3.19.1
CVSS 49.3
EPSS0.00651
SSVC
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