CVE-2026-0636: LDAP Injection Vulnerability in LDAPStoreHelper.java
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2026-0636 is a medium (CVSS 6.5) vulnerability in legion of the bouncy castle inc. bc-java. EPSS estimates a 0.53% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 44.7% of scored vulnerabilities.
Not severe (CVSS 5.5, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 6 · Related 2Timeline
- 15-04-2026PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 18-09-2026Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
Improper neutralization of special elements used in an LDAP query ('LDAP injection') vulnerability in Legion of the Bouncy Castle Inc. BC-JAVA bcprov on all (prov modules). This vulnerability is associated with program files LDAPStoreHelper. This issue affects BC-JAVA: from 1.74 before 1.80.2, from 1.81 before 1.81.1, from 1.82 before 1.84.
CVSS metrics
10 scores · 7 sources · 2 versions- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated6.9MediumCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/S:N/AU:Y/R:A/RE:M/U:AmberDiffers
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated6.9MediumCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:N/AU:Y/R:A/V:X/RE:M/U:AmberDiffers
- OSV · WolfiEcosystem advisory · calculated6.9MediumCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/S:N/AU:Y/R:A/RE:M/U:AmberDiffers
- OSV · ChainguardEcosystem advisory · calculated6.9MediumCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/S:N/AU:Y/R:A/RE:M/U:AmberDiffers
- OSV · MavenEcosystem advisory · calculated6.9MediumCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/RE:M/U:AmberDiffers
- NVDNIST5.5MediumCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:N/AU:Y/R:A/V:X/RE:M/U:Amber
- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated6.5MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
- NVDNIST6.5MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
EPSS trend
Probability
0.53%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
45%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 0.53% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.
Not in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Chainguard146 products
- apache-hop< 2.17.0-r9
- apache-nifi< 2.9.0-r0 | < 2.9.0-r3
- apache-nifi-registry< 2.9.0-r3
- apache-nifi-registry-toolkit< 2.9.0-r3
- apache-pulsar-4.0< 4.0.10-r0
Wolfi36 products
- apache-nifi< 2.9.0-r0 | < 2.9.0-r3
- apache-nifi-registry< 2.9.0-r3
- apache-nifi-registry-toolkit< 2.9.0-r3
- apache-pulsar-4.1All versions (No fix recorded)
- apache-pulsar-4.2< 4.2.1-r0
Org.bouncycastle3 products
- bcprov-jdk14≥ 1.74, < 1.84
- bcprov-jdk15to18≥ 1.74, < 1.84
- bcprov-jdk18on≥ 1.74, < 1.84
Debian1 product
- bouncycastleAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 1.86-1
Legion of the bouncy castle inc.1 product
- bc-java≥ 1.74, < 1.80.2 | ≥ 1.81, < 1.81.1 | ≥ 1.82, < 1.84
Ubuntu1 product
- bouncycastleAll versions (No fix recorded)
6 vendors · 188 products
References
38 linksShow all 38 references
- github.com/bcgit/bc-javaPACKAGE