CVE-2026-8798

In Bouncy Castle for Java FIPS BC-FJA before bc-fips 2.1.3, the native entropy source used on Intel platforms retried the CPU entropy instructions without any bound. RDSEED and RDRAND report failure through their carry flag, and the JNI seeding routine spun re-issuing the instruction for as long ...

CVE-2026-8798 Native entropy source retries the CPU entropy instructions without limit

In Bouncy Castle for Java FIPS BC-FJA before bc-fips 2.1.3, the native entropy source used on Intel platforms retried the CPU entropy instructions without any bound. RDSEED and RDRAND report failure through their carry flag, and the JNI seeding routine spun re-issuing the instruction for as long ...