CVE-2026-3505
Vulnerability Summary
Timeline
Description
Allocation of resources without limits or throttling, Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability in Legion of the Bouncy Castle Inc. BC-JAVA bcpg on all (pg modules). This vulnerability is associated with program files AEADEncDataPacket.Java, BcAEADUtil.Java, JceAEADUtil.Java, OperatorHelper.Java. 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
- v4.0•HIGH•Score: 8.7CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- v4.0•HIGH•Score: 8.7CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/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:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
- v3.1•HIGH•Score: 7.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS Trends
Current EPSS score: 0.76%• Percentile: 51%
Techniques & Countermeasures
- CWE-770•Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
The product allocates a reusable resource or group of resources on behalf of an actor without imposing any intended restrictions on the size or number of resources that can be allocated.
- CWE-400•Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
The product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource.
Affected Systems
- legion of the bouncy castle inc.•bc-java
≥ 1.74, < 1.84 | ≥ 1.74, < 1.80.2 | ≥ 1.81, < 1.81.1 | ≥ 1.82, < 1.84
- org.bouncycastle•bcpg-jdk12
≤ 130
- org.bouncycastle•bcpg-jdk14
< 1.84
- org.bouncycastle•bcpg-jdk15
≤ 1.46
- org.bouncycastle•bcpg-jdk15on
≤ 1.70
- org.bouncycastle•bcpg-jdk15to18
< 1.84
- org.bouncycastle•bcpg-jdk16
≤ 1.46
- org.bouncycastle•bcpg-jdk18on
< 1.84
References (12)
- https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/wiki/CVE%E2%80%902026%E2%80%903505
- https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/commit/dc7530939ffb6cdb57636f3609d98e23b94e71c1
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-3505
- https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-3505
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2458638
- https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-3505.json
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:18054
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:18055
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:13631
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:18059
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:17668