CVE-2026-59642 HIGH

CVE-2026-59642: CMS AuthenticatedData content not bound to MAC when authAttrs present

Vendor Legion Of The Bouncy Castle Inc.
Product BC-JAVA
Weakness CWE-354
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:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/U:Amber

What the vulnerability does

01Description

In Bouncy Castle for Java before 1.85, CMS AuthenticatedData content not bound to MAC when authAttrs present. This issue also affects Bouncy Castle for Java LTS before 2.73.12, and Bouncy Castle for Java FIPS (BC-FJA) before bcpkix-fips 1.0.12 (1.0.X series), 2.0.12 (2.0.X series) and 2.1.12 (2.1.X series).

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

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