CVE-2026-59641

MEDIUMNVD 5.35.3—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 5.3 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-08-03. NVD baseline CVSS 5.3; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
Trending — 3 sources updated this week
5.3EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0.2%CVSS: 5.3Exploit: None knownExposed services: Not assessed

An upstream fix is merged but not yet released — mitigate (WAF / firewall / segmentation) until the release ships, then apply it.

In Bouncy Castle for Java before 1.85, S/MIME validator trusts signer-asserted signingTime for path validation. This issue also affects Bouncy Castle for Java LTS before 2.73.12, and Bouncy Castle for Java FIPS (BC-FJA) before bcmail-fips and bcjmail-fips 1.0.7 (1.0.X series), 2.0.7 (2.0.X series) and 2.1.7 (2.1.X series).

CVSS v3
5.3
EG Score
5.3MEDIUMmedium confidence
EG Risk
39
EG Risk 39/100CISA SSVC

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity53% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability100% × 15%
CISA SSVC: Track at low or medium mission impact; Attend at high (mission-essential systems).
Action: An upstream fix is merged but not yet in a tagged release. Restrict network exposure of the affected system or apply the vendor's mitigation within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high until it ships, then apply the release.
EPSS PROB
0.2%
EPSS %ILE
9th
KEV
Not listed

CISA SSVCTrack at low or medium mission impact; Attend at high (mission-essential systems).

An upstream fix is merged but not yet in a tagged release. Restrict network exposure of the affected system or apply the vendor's mitigation within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high until it ships, then apply the release.

Exploitation none (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable yes (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact partial (CISA Vulnrichment). Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it: high means the affected system is essential to your organisation's mission, or its compromise could cause irreversible harm to people. CISA's decision table

Published

August 3, 2026

Last Modified

August 28, 2026

Advisory Details (3)

Auto-updated Aug 3, 2026
Upstream fix merged — awaiting tagged release. Sources: github_commit.
github_commit

commit fd89fe918b37 (bcgit/bc-java)

Fix landed in bcgit/bc-java commit fd89fe918b37 — awaiting tagged release

https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/commit/fd89fe918b37fea1c71e95fae50284a325b09721
github_commit

commit 2f81b22d559b (bcgit/bc-java)

Fix landed in bcgit/bc-java commit 2f81b22d559b — awaiting tagged release

https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/commit/2f81b22d559b3a1b026388e1ca78dd547384def8
generic

Home · bcgit/bc-java Wiki · GitHub

https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/wiki/CVE-2026-59641

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-59641(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Affected Packages

(4 across 4 ecosystems)
Debian:11(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
bouncycastle1.68-2 ... 1.80-3 (12 versions)
  • every version on: no fix on record
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Debian:12(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
bouncycastle1.72-2 ... 1.86-1 (6 versions)
  • every version on: no fix on record
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Debian:13(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
bouncycastle1.80-3, 1.86-1
  • every version on: no fix on record
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Debian:14(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
bouncycastle1.80-3
  • every version up to 1.86-1: fixed in 1.86-1
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Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 15× in last 7d / 65× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

Showing the most recent 100 of 192 total refreshes for this CVE.

  1. 2026-10-04 23:22 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-10-04 06:22 UTCEG score recompute
  3. 2026-10-04 06:22 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-10-03 14:26 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-10-02 17:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  6. 2026-10-02 10:25 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-10-02 10:25 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-10-01 19:50 UTCEPSS rescore
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  10. 2026-10-01 02:40 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-09-30 15:03 UTCEPSS rescore
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  13. 2026-09-29 06:44 UTCEG score recompute
  14. 2026-09-29 06:44 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-09-28 13:51 UTCEPSS rescore
  16. 2026-09-27 18:19 UTCEG score recompute
  17. 2026-09-27 18:19 UTCGHSA enrichment
  18. 2026-09-27 13:48 UTCEPSS rescore
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  20. 2026-09-25 07:13 UTCEG score recompute
  21. 2026-09-25 07:13 UTCGHSA enrichment
  22. 2026-09-24 14:04 UTCEPSS rescore
  23. 2026-09-24 06:36 UTCEG score recompute
  24. 2026-09-24 06:36 UTCGHSA enrichment
  25. 2026-09-23 17:54 UTCEPSS rescore
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  1. 2026-09-23 06:10 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-09-23 06:10 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  4. 2026-09-22 05:46 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-09-20 20:16 UTCEPSS rescore
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  7. 2026-09-20 04:17 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  9. 2026-09-19 03:52 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-09-18 19:28 UTCEPSS rescore
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  12. 2026-09-18 01:13 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  16. 2026-09-16 11:18 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  19. 2026-09-15 09:31 UTCGHSA enrichment
  20. 2026-09-15 03:11 UTCEPSS rescore
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  22. 2026-09-14 09:06 UTCGHSA enrichment
  23. 2026-09-13 16:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  24. 2026-09-13 08:41 UTCGHSA enrichment
  25. 2026-09-12 08:16 UTCEG score recompute
  26. 2026-09-12 08:16 UTCGHSA enrichment
  27. 2026-09-11 14:53 UTCEPSS rescore
  28. 2026-09-11 07:44 UTCEG score recompute
  29. 2026-09-11 07:44 UTCGHSA enrichment
  30. 2026-09-10 09:35 UTCEPSS rescore
  31. 2026-09-10 07:18 UTCGHSA enrichment
  32. 2026-09-09 06:51 UTCEG score recompute
  33. 2026-09-09 06:51 UTCGHSA enrichment
  34. 2026-09-08 22:01 UTCEPSS rescore
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  36. 2026-09-07 19:04 UTCGHSA enrichment
  37. 2026-09-07 16:01 UTCEPSS rescore
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  39. 2026-09-06 11:51 UTCEG score recompute
  40. 2026-09-06 11:51 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  42. 2026-09-05 11:26 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  44. 2026-09-04 10:18 UTCGHSA enrichment
  45. 2026-09-04 05:07 UTCEPSS rescore
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  47. 2026-09-03 08:59 UTCGHSA enrichment
  48. 2026-09-02 14:12 UTCEPSS rescore
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  50. 2026-09-01 23:41 UTCGHSA enrichment
  51. 2026-09-01 13:54 UTCEPSS rescore
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  53. 2026-08-31 23:16 UTCGHSA enrichment
  54. 2026-08-30 22:33 UTCEG score recompute
  55. 2026-08-30 22:33 UTCGHSA enrichment
  56. 2026-08-30 19:17 UTCEPSS rescore
  57. 2026-08-30 01:22 UTCEPSS rescore
  58. 2026-08-29 22:08 UTCEG score recompute
  59. 2026-08-29 22:08 UTCGHSA enrichment
  60. 2026-08-28 21:42 UTCEPSS rescore
  61. 2026-08-28 18:15 UTCEG score recompute▼ 3.40
  62. 2026-08-28 18:15 UTCGHSA enrichment
  63. 2026-08-28 18:13 UTCNVD updateCVSS v3 → 5.3 · severity → MEDIUM
  64. 2026-08-27 21:16 UTCEG score recompute
  65. 2026-08-27 21:16 UTCGHSA enrichment
  66. 2026-08-27 14:25 UTCEPSS rescore
  67. 2026-08-27 09:42 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  69. 2026-08-26 22:07 UTCGHSA enrichment
  70. 2026-08-26 14:46 UTCEPSS rescore
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  72. 2026-08-25 21:59 UTCEG score recompute
  73. 2026-08-25 21:59 UTCGHSA enrichment
  74. 2026-08-25 13:49 UTCEPSS rescore
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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-59641?
CVE-2026-59641 is a medium vulnerability published on August 3, 2026. In Bouncy Castle for Java before 1.85, S/MIME validator trusts signer-asserted signingTime for path validation. This issue also affects Bouncy Castle for Java LTS before 2.73.12, and Bouncy Castle for Java FIPS (BC-FJA) before bcmail-fips and bcjmail-fips 1.0.7 (1.0.X series), 2.0.7 (2.0.X series)…
When was CVE-2026-59641 disclosed?
CVE-2026-59641 was first published on August 3, 2026, with the most recent update on August 28, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-59641 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-59641 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (9th percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs).
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-59641?
CVE-2026-59641 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.3 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-59641?
An upstream fix for CVE-2026-59641 has been merged but is not yet in a tagged release. Until it ships, restrict network exposure of the affected system or apply the vendor's mitigation, then update to the release that contains the fix. The vendor advisories EchelonGraph has for CVE-2026-59641 are linked in the Vendor Advisories panel on this page.

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