CVE-2026-97873

A flaw was found in Bouncy Castle. In its legacy password-based encryption implementations, iteration counts parsed from untrusted cryptographic inputs are processed without enforcing an upper limit. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability by supplying crafted parameters with an...

SUSE CVE-2026-97873

In Bouncy Castle for Java before 1.86, the raw JCA provider's legacy PBES1 PKCS5 scheme 1 and PKCS12 PBE families ran their password-based key derivation with an iteration count taken from untrusted input without bounding it, so a small input could dictate an arbitrary amount of work before...

DEBIAN-CVE-2026-97873

In Bouncy Castle for Java before 1.86, the raw JCA provider's legacy PBES1 PKCS5 scheme 1 and PKCS12 PBE families ran their password-based key derivation with an iteration count taken from untrusted input without bounding it, so a small input could dictate an arbitrary amount of work before...

CVE-2026-97873

In Bouncy Castle for Java before 1.86, the raw JCA provider's legacy PBES1 PKCS5 scheme 1 and PKCS12 PBE families ran their password-based key derivation with an iteration count taken from untrusted input without bounding it, so a small input could dictate an arbitrary amount of work before...

CVE-2026-97873

In Bouncy Castle for Java before 1.86, the raw JCA provider's legacy PBES1 PKCS5 scheme 1 and PKCS12 PBE families ran their password-based key derivation with an iteration count taken from untrusted input without bounding it, so a small input could dictate an arbitrary amount of work before...

UBUNTU-CVE-2026-97873

In Bouncy Castle for Java before 1.86, the raw JCA provider's legacy PBES1 PKCS5 scheme 1 and PKCS12 PBE families ran their password-based key derivation with an iteration count taken from untrusted input without bounding it, so a small input could dictate an arbitrary amount of work before...

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

In Bouncy Castle for Java before 1.86, the raw JCA provider's legacy PBES1 PKCS5 scheme 1 and PKCS12 PBE families ran their password-based key derivation with an iteration count taken from untrusted input without bounding it, so a small input could dictate an arbitrary amount of work before...

CVE-2026-97873

In Bouncy Castle for Java , the raw JCA provider's legacy PBES1 PKCS5 scheme 1 and PKCS12 PBE families ran their password-based key derivation with an iteration count taken from untrusted input without bounding it, so a small input could dictate an arbitrary amount of work before anything could b...

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

In Bouncy Castle for Java before 1.86, the raw JCA provider's legacy PBES1 PKCS5 scheme 1 and PKCS12 PBE families ran their password-based key derivation with an iteration count taken from untrusted input without bounding it, so a small input could dictate an arbitrary amount of work before...

CVE-2026-97873

The Bouncy Castle for Java library (before versions 1.86 and LTS 2.73.13 ) contains a vulnerability where the raw JCA provider's legacy PBES1 and PKCS#12 PBE families derive keys using an iteration count from untrusted input without bounding. An attacker could provide a small input to dictate an ...

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

In Bouncy Castle for Java before 1.86, the raw JCA provider's legacy PBES1 PKCS5 scheme 1 and PKCS12 PBE families ran their password-based key derivation with an iteration count taken from untrusted input without bounding it, so a small input could dictate an arbitrary amount of work before...

Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-97873

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available. - In Bouncy Castle for Java before 1.86, the raw JCA provider's legacy PBES1 PKCS5 scheme 1 and PKCS12 PBE families ran their password-based key derivation with a...

CVE-2026-97873: Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

In Bouncy Castle for Java before 1.86, the raw JCA provider's legacy PBES1 PKCS5 scheme 1 and PKCS12 PBE families ran their password-based key derivation with an iteration count taken from untrusted input without bounding it, so a small input could dictate an arbitrary amount of work before...

PT-2026-104565

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Bouncy Castle for Java versions prior to 1.86 Bouncy Castle for Java LTS versions prior to 2.73.13 Description Legacy PBES1 PKCS5 scheme 1 and PKCS12 PBE families in the raw JCA provider perform password-based key derivation using an iteration...

CVE-2026-63578

The bc-csharp library (versions before 2.7.0 ) by Legion of the Bouncy Castle Inc. is vulnerable to a denial of service via CPU exhaustion in the PbeUtilities.GenerateCipherParameters function. This is caused by the allocation of resources without limits during password-based private-key decrypti...

CVE-2026-63578: Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

Allocation of resources without limits in password-based private-key decryption PbeUtilities.GenerateCipherParameters in Legion of the Bouncy Castle Inc. bc-csharp before 2.7.0 allows an attacker who can supply an encrypted private key, such as a PKCS8 EncryptedPrivateKeyInfo or "ENCRYPTED PRIVAT...