High 7.1Published Aug 3, 2026

CVE-2026-12185BKS/UBER keystore allocates from untrusted lengths before integrity check

Updated under an hour ago (2026-10-19 09:50 UTC)

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

CVSS: 7.1 HIGH (v4.0, CNA)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/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: Undergoing Analysis
Record last updated: Aug 4, 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
bouncycastle bc-java bouncycastle:bc-java	before 1.85	NVD
bouncycastle bouncy_castle_for_java_lts bouncycastle:bouncy_castle_for_java_lts	through 2.73.11	NVD

References

https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/wiki/CVE%E2%80%902026%E2%80%9012185vendor-advisory, third-party-advisory
https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/commit/7bbd7fe5f44132e5b6140a2914435c12430eeb3dpatch

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