High 8.7Published Aug 2, 2026

CVE-2026-59646DTLS handshake reassembler allocates buffer from unchecked 24-bit length

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 26, 2026, 5:23 PM ET)

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Every CVE for Legion of the Bouncy Castle Inc. BC-JAVA

Exploited in the last 30 days

In 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).

CVSS: 8.7 HIGH (v4.0, CNA)CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/U:Amber
Weakness (CWE): CWE-789
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: bcorg
NVD analysis: Analyzed
Record last updated: Aug 3, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

Legion of the Bouncy Castle Inc. BC-JAVA legion_of_the_bouncy_castle:bc_java (from the name)	before 1.85	CNA record
Legion of the Bouncy Castle Inc. BC-LTS-JAVA legion_of_the_bouncy_castle:bc_lts_java (from the name)	from 2.73.0 before 2.73.12	CNA record
Legion of the Bouncy Castle Inc. BC-FJA legion_of_the_bouncy_castle:bc_fja (from the name)	from 1.0.0 before 1.0.24; from 2.0.0 before 2.0.24; from 2.1.0 before 2.1.24	CNA record
bouncycastle bc-java bouncycastle:bc-java	before 1.85	NVD
bouncycastle bctls-fips bouncycastle:bctls-fips	before 1.0.24; from 2.0.19 before 2.0.24; from 2.1.20 before 2.1.24	NVD
bouncycastle bouncy_castle_for_java_lts bouncycastle:bouncy_castle_for_java_lts	through 2.73.11	NVD

References

References

https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/wiki/CVE%E2%80%902026%E2%80%9059646	vendor-advisory, third-party-advisory
https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/commit/2ea38942c7917f6d7ab4de93d8a5336d021df0d9	patch
https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/commit/2d98721e71bbd822ffa0f84e088eea645cf679fa	patch

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