CVE-2026-12185 HIGH

CVE-2026-12185: BKS/UBER keystore allocates from untrusted lengths before integrity check

Vendor Legion Of The Bouncy Castle Inc.
Product BC-JAVA
Weakness CWE-789
Published August 3, 2026
Last update August 3, 2026

CVSS base score

7.1/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction
Confidentiality
Integrity

CVSS vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/U:Amber

What the vulnerability does

01Description

In Bouncy Castle for Java before 1.85, BKS/UBER keystore allocates from untrusted lengths before integrity check. This issue also affects Bouncy Castle for Java LTS before 2.73.12.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

August 3, 2026 CVE published
August 3, 2026 Record updated