Medium severity · published Aug 3, 2026
CVE-2026-59648
OpenPGP Argon2 S2K honours attacker-chosen memory and passes
5.3
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In Bouncy Castle for Java before 1.85, OpenPGP Argon2 S2K honours attacker-chosen memory and passes. This issue also affects Bouncy Castle for Java LTS before 2.73.12, and Bouncy Castle for Java FIPS (BC-FJA) before bcpg-fips 1.0.13 (1.0.X series), 2.0.13 (2.0.X series) and 2.1.13 (2.1.X series).
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Low
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 36% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
BC
BC-FJA · Legion of the Bouncy Castle Inc.
1.0.6 before 1.0.13; 2.0.0 before 2.0.13; 2.1.0 before 2.1.13 · source: vendor
BC
BC-JAVA · Legion of the Bouncy Castle Inc.
1.71 before 1.85 · source: vendor, NVD
BC
BC-LTS-JAVA · Legion of the Bouncy Castle Inc.
2.73.0 before 2.73.12 · source: vendor
BC
Bcpg-fips · Bouncycastle
1.0.6 before 1.0.13; 2.0.8 before 2.0.13; 2.1.10 before 2.1.13 · source: NVD
BC
Bouncy Castle For Java Lts · Bouncycastle
through 2.73.11 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-59648
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-59648
Patch
https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/commit/c915cc3f7a8d58f5ea2f88f01dfef2d402dd0799
Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/wiki/CVE%E2%80%902026%E2%80%9059648
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