High severity · published Oct 2, 2026
CVE-2026-63570
Pkcs12Store.GetCertificateChain loops forever on cyclic issuer links
7.1
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Loop with unreachable exit condition in Pkcs12Store.GetCertificateChain in Legion of the Bouncy Castle Inc. bc-csharp before 2.7.0 allows an attacker who can supply a crafted PKCS#12 file to an application that loads it and requests a key entry's certificate chain to cause a denial of service, in which the call never returns and consumes CPU and memory until an OutOfMemoryException, via certificates whose issuer links form a cycle, for example two certificates whose AuthorityKeyIdentifier extensions each identify the other's public key. This happens because the chain-building loop stops only when no issuer is found or a certificate links to itself, and keeps no record of certificates already visited. The key-identifier links are followed without checking signatures.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 12% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
BC
bc-csharp · Legion of the Bouncy Castle Inc.
before 2.7.0 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-63570
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-63570
vendor-advisory
https://github.com/bcgit/bc-csharp/wiki/CVE-2026-63570
patch
https://github.com/bcgit/bc-csharp/commit/1b8fad04df4953230c9951c57678ee45c8aead85
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