CVE-2026-5588
Vulnerability Summary
Timeline
Description
Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm vulnerability in Legion of the Bouncy Castle Inc. BC-JAVA bcpkix on all (pkix modules), Legion of the Bouncy Castle Inc. BCPKIX-FIPS bcpkix on All (pkix modules), Legion of the Bouncy Castle Inc. BCPIX-LTS bcpkix on All (pkix modules). This vulnerability is associated with program files JcaContentVerifierProviderBuilder.Java, JcaContentVerfierProviderBuilder.Java. This issue affects BC-JAVA: from 1.67 before 1.80.2, from 1.81 before 1.81.1, from 1.82 before 1.84; BCPKIX-FIPS: from 2.0.6 before 2.0.11, from 2.1.7 before 2.1.11; BCPIX-LTS: from 2.73.7 before 2.73.11.
CVSS Metrics
- v4.0•MEDIUM•Score: 6.3CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/U:Amber
- v4.0•MEDIUM•Score: 6.3CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/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:Amber
- v4.0•MEDIUM•Score: 6.3CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/U:Green
- v3.1•HIGH•Score: 7.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
EPSS Trends
Current EPSS score: 0.78%• Percentile: 54%
Techniques & Countermeasures
- CWE-327•Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm
The product uses a broken or risky cryptographic algorithm or protocol.
- CWE-347•Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature
The product does not verify, or incorrectly verifies, the cryptographic signature for data.
Affected Systems
- chainguard•apache-nifi
< 2.9.0-r0 | < 2.9.0-r3
- chainguard•apache-nifi-registry
< 2.9.0-r1
- chainguard•apache-nifi-registry-toolkit
< 2.9.0-r1
- chainguard•apache-pulsar-4.0
< 4.0.9-r12
- chainguard•apache-pulsar-4.1
all
- chainguard•apache-pulsar-4.2
< 4.2.1-r0
- chainguard•camunda-8.8
< 8.8.22-r1
- chainguard•camunda-8.9
< 8.9.1-r0
- chainguard•camunda-zeebe-8.6
all
- chainguard•camunda-zeebe-8.7
< 8.7.28-r0
- chainguard•camunda-zeebe-8.8
< 8.8.23-r0
- chainguard•camunda-zeebe-8.9
< 8.9.1-r0
- chainguard•commercial-elasticsearch-8.17
all
- chainguard•commercial-elasticsearch-8.18
all
- chainguard•commercial-elasticsearch-8.19
< 8.19.15-r0
- chainguard•commercial-elasticsearch-9.0
all
- chainguard•commercial-elasticsearch-9.1
all
- chainguard•commercial-elasticsearch-9.2
all
- chainguard•commercial-elasticsearch-9.3
< 9.3.5-r0
- chainguard•druid
< 36.0.0-r15
- chainguard•eco-java-gradle-6.0
all
- chainguard•eco-java-gradle-6.0.1
all
- chainguard•eco-java-gradle-6.1
all
- chainguard•eco-java-gradle-6.1.1
all
- chainguard•eco-java-gradle-6.2
all
- chainguard•eco-java-gradle-6.2.1
all
- chainguard•eco-java-gradle-6.2.2
all
- chainguard•eco-java-gradle-6.3
all
- chainguard•eco-java-gradle-6.4
all
- chainguard•eco-java-gradle-6.4.1
all
- chainguard•eco-java-gradle-6.5
all
- chainguard•eco-java-gradle-6.5.1
all
- chainguard•eco-java-gradle-6.6
all
- chainguard•eco-java-gradle-6.6.1
all
- chainguard•eco-java-gradle-6.7
all
- chainguard•eco-java-gradle-6.7.1
all
- chainguard•eco-java-gradle-6.8
all
- chainguard•eco-java-gradle-6.8.1
all
- chainguard•eco-java-gradle-6.8.2
all
- chainguard•eco-java-gradle-6.8.3
all
- chainguard•eco-java-gradle-6.9
all
- chainguard•eco-java-gradle-6.9.1
all
- chainguard•eco-java-gradle-6.9.2
all
- chainguard•eco-java-gradle-6.9.3
all
- chainguard•eco-java-gradle-6.9.4
all
- chainguard•eco-java-gradle-7.0
all
- chainguard•eco-java-gradle-7.0.1
all
- chainguard•eco-java-gradle-7.0.2
all
- chainguard•eco-java-gradle-7.1
all
- chainguard•eco-java-gradle-7.1.1
all
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References (40)
- https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/wiki/CVE%E2%80%902026%E2%80%905588
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-5588
- https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/commit/656bae0dbd9b1521f840521ff786e78749fe3057
- https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-5588
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2458634
- https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-5588.json
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:18054
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:18055
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:14276
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:14272
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:13631
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:18059
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:21772
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:17668
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:11720
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:11721
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:53644
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:53806
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-5588
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:60247
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:60239
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:60251
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:60246
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:60250
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:60259
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:60254
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:60249
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:60248
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:60252
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:60256
- https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/bouncycastle/bcpkix-fips/
- https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/bouncycastle/bcpkix-lts8on/
- https://www.bouncycastle.org/download/bouncy-castle-java-fips/
- https://www.bouncycastle.org/download/bouncy-castle-java-lts/
- https://www.bouncycastle.org/download/bouncy-castle-java/
- https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/5xxx/CVE-2026-5588.json
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:66488
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:53645
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:53646