CVE-2026-12185

high

Description

In Bouncy Castle for Java before 1.85, BKS/UBER keystore allocates from untrusted lengths before integrity check. This issue also affects Bouncy Castle for Java LTS before 2.73.12.

References

https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/wiki/CVE-2026-12185

https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/commit/7bbd7fe5f44132e5b6140a2914435c12430eeb3d

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-08-03

Updated: 2026-08-03

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical

CVSS v4

Base Score: 7.1

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N