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CVE-2026-5588

Bouncy Castle Crypto Package For Java: Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm vulnerability in bcpkix modules

Impact

Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm vulnerability in Legion of the Bouncy Castle Inc. BC-JAVA bcpkix on all (pkix modules), Legion of the Bouncy Castle Inc. BCPKIX-FIPS bcpkix on All (pkix modules), Legion of the Bouncy Castle Inc. BCPIX-LTS bcpkix on All (pkix modules). This vulnerability is associated with program files JcaContentVerifierProviderBuilder.Java, JcaContentVerfierProviderBuilder.Java. This issue affects BC-JAVA: from 1.67 before 1.80.2, from 1.81 before 1.81.1, from 1.82 before 1.84; BCPKIX-FIPS: from 2.0.6 before 2.0.11, from 2.1.7 before 2.1.11; BCPIX-LTS: from 2.73.7 before 2.73.11.

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixed in
mavenorg.bouncycastle:bcpkix-jdk18on>= 1.49, < 1.841.84
mavenorg.bouncycastle:bcpkix-jdk15to18>= 1.49, < 1.841.84
mavenorg.bouncycastle:bcpkix-jdk15on>= 1.49, < 1.841.84
mavenorg.bouncycastle:bcpkix-jdk14>= 1.49, < 1.841.84
mavenorg.bouncycastle:bcpkix-debug-jdk18on>= 1.49, < 1.841.84
mavenorg.bouncycastle:bcpkix-debug-jdk15to18>= 1.49, < 1.841.84
mavenorg.bouncycastle:bcpkix-debug-jdk14>= 1.49, < 1.841.84

Weakness classification

CWE-327CWE-347

References