CVE-2026-59646

NameCVE-2026-59646
DescriptionIn Bouncy Castle for Java before 1.85, DTLS handshake reassembler allocates buffer from unchecked 24-bit length. This issue also affects Bouncy Castle for Java LTS before 2.73.12, and Bouncy Castle for Java FIPS (BC-FJA) before bctls-fips 1.0.24 (1.0.X series), 2.0.24 (2.0.X series) and 2.1.24 (2.1.X series).
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
bouncycastle (PTS)bullseye1.68-2vulnerable
bookworm1.72-2vulnerable
forky, sid, trixie1.80-3vulnerable

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
bouncycastlesource(unstable)(unfixed)

Notes

https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/wiki/CVE%E2%80%902026%E2%80%9059646
Fixed by: https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/commit/2ea38942c7917f6d7ab4de93d8a5336d021df0d9 (r1rv85)
Fixed by: https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/commit/2d98721e71bbd822ffa0f84e088eea645cf679fa (r1rv85)

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