CVE-2026-15055

UNKNOWN 0.0

PKCS#8 / PBES2 decryptors honour unbounded KDF cost from input

CVSS Score

0.0

EPSS Score

0.0%

EPSS Percentile

0th

In Bouncy Castle for Java before 1.85, PKCS#8 / PBES2 decryptors honour unbounded KDF cost from input. 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).

CWE	CWE-770
Vendor	legion of the bouncy castle inc.
Product	bc-java
Published	Aug 3, 2026

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Affected Versions

Legion of the Bouncy Castle Inc. / BC-JAVA

0 < 1.85

Legion of the Bouncy Castle Inc. / BC-LTS-JAVA

2.73.0 < 2.73.12

Legion of the Bouncy Castle Inc. / BC-FJA

1.0.0 < 1.0.12 2.0.0 < 2.0.12 2.1.0 < 2.1.12

References

NVD ↗ CVE.org ↗ EPSS Data ↗

github.com: https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/wiki/CVE-2026-15055 github.com: https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/commit/7ab4ee67a0135950001b29b41a96d8a9a5d3b68b

Credits

🔍 Alex Gaynor in collaboration with Claude and Anthropic Research