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 FI…

Info

CVECVE-2026-15055

First seen2026-08-03 02:15 UTC

Disclosed2026-08-03 01:16 UTC

Last updated2026-08-03 02:15 UTC

Channel statusauto

Summary

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).

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Sources

NVD DATABASE

Original Links

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

Timeline

2026-08-03 nvd_ingest NVD