Vulnerability details

CVE-2026-59644

Legion of the Bouncy Castle BC-JAVA

MLS hash-ratchet honours arbitrary 32-bit generation counter from sender

CVSS 4.0
8.7High

Official description

In Bouncy Castle for Java before 1.85, MLS hash-ratchet honours arbitrary 32-bit generation counter from sender.

CVSS scores

ScoreVersionSourceVector
8.7High 4.0 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) (bcorg) CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/U:Amber

Affected products

VendorProductVersionsSource
Legion of the Bouncy Castle Inc. BC-JAVA 1.73 ≤ v < 1.85 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)

References and advisories

2
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Details

Published
2026-08-03
Last updated
2026-08-03
State
Published
Assigner (CNA)
bcorg

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

0.49%
Probability of exploitation in 30 days
42.6%
Percentile (among all CVEs)

SSVC assessment (CISA)

Automatable
Yes
Exploitation
None
Technical impact
Partial

Weaknesses (CWE)

  • CWE-834
    Excessive Iteration