CVE-2026-59640 HIGH

CVE-2026-59640: OpenPGP CFB quick-check oracle active on symmetric/session-key paths

Vendor Legion Of The Bouncy Castle Inc.
Product BC-JAVA
Weakness CWE-203
Published August 3, 2026
Last update August 3, 2026
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CVSS base score

8.7/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality —
Integrity —

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

In Bouncy Castle for Java before 1.85, OpenPGP CFB quick-check oracle active on symmetric/session-key paths. 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).

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

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