GHSA-9pwp-9qqc-pr26
Bouncy Castle: Name Constraints bypass via trailing dot in rfc822Name and URI
At a glance
- Published
- Updated
- CVE
- CVE-2026-8763
- CVSS_V3
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- CVSS_V4
- CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/U:Amber
Description
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).
Affected packages
| Package | Versions |
|---|---|
| Maven · org.bouncycastle:bc-fips | introduced 0, fixed 1.0.2.7 |
| Maven · org.bouncycastle:bc-fips | introduced 2.0.0, fixed 2.0.2 |
| Maven · org.bouncycastle:bc-fips | introduced 2.1.0, fixed 2.1.3 |
| Maven · org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk18on | introduced 0, fixed 1.85 |
| Maven · org.bouncycastle:bcprov-lts8on | introduced 0, fixed 2.73.12 |
| Maven · org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk15to18 | introduced 0, fixed 1.85 |
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-8763 ADVISORY
- https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/commit/2c28b253a44681fbbc562561eab6ad383d2ae558 WEB
- https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java PACKAGE
- https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/releases/tag/r1rv85v2 WEB
- https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/wiki/CVE%E2%80%902026%E2%80%908763 WEB
- https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/wiki/CVE-2026-8763 WEB
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| OSV.dev | CC-BY 4.0 — GitHub Advisory Database |