Medium 5.3Published Aug 3, 2026

CVE-2026-12860In Bouncy Castle for Java before 1.85, RSA PKCS#1 verification skips last two hash bytes in NULL-omitted path.

Updated under an hour ago (2026-10-19 08:20 UTC)

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In Bouncy Castle for Java before 1.85, RSA PKCS#1 verification skips last two hash bytes in NULL-omitted path. This issue also affects Bouncy Castle for Java LTS before 2.73.12.

CVSS: 5.3 MEDIUM (v3.1, NVD)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Weakness (CWE): CWE-347
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: Not given
NVD analysis: Analyzed
Record last updated: Aug 28, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

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/commit/ea5970ea9b2fb91d763b904692fd21089ca3e396patch
https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/wiki/CVE%E2%80%902026%E2%80%9012860third-party-advisory

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