Vulnerability · Published Aug 3, 2026 · Assigned by bcorg
CVE-2026-59648OpenPGP Argon2 S2K honours attacker-chosen memory and passes
Medium 6.9
In plain English
A medium-severity resource allocation without limits in BC-FJA from Legion of the Bouncy Castle Inc.. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 37% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Official description
In Bouncy Castle for Java before 1.85, OpenPGP Argon2 S2K honours attacker-chosen memory and passes. 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).
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | bouncycastle | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2026-59648 |
| Debian:13 | bouncycastle | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2026-59648 |
| Debian:14 | bouncycastle | 1.86-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2026-59648 |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | bouncycastle | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-59648 |
| Ubuntu:26.10 | bouncycastle | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-59648 |
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Legion of the Bouncy Castle Inc. | BC-JAVA | 1.71 – before 1.85 |
| Legion of the Bouncy Castle Inc. | BC-LTS-JAVA | 2.73.0 – before 2.73.12 |
| Legion of the Bouncy Castle Inc. | BC-FJA | 1.0.6 – before 1.0.132.0.0 – before 2.0.132.1.0 – before 2.1.13 |
Weakness: CWE-770 · Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/U:Amber