What is GHSA-4mwx-9cgq-h2wp?

GHSA-4mwx-9cgq-h2wp is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with High severity. In Bouncy Castle for Java before 1.85, Quadratic-time escaping when stringifying X.500...

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-4mwx-9cgq-h2wp cover?

GHSA-4mwx-9cgq-h2wp covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2026-58059. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

GHSA-4mwx-9cgq-h2wpHigh

In Bouncy Castle for Java before 1.85, Quadratic-time escaping when stringifying X.500...

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

August 3, 2026

Last Modified

August 3, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2026-58059 →

📋 Description

In Bouncy Castle for Java before 1.85, Quadratic-time escaping when stringifying X.500 distinguished names. This issue also affects Bouncy Castle for Java LTS before 2.73.12, and Bouncy Castle for Java FIPS (BC-FJA) before bc-fips 1.0.2.7 (1.0.X series), 2.0.2 (2.0.X series) and 2.1.3 (2.1.X series).

🔗 References (5)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-58059
https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/commit/7bf20eea8c1b71a4d3574b75ba20ccf26ffff36b
https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/wiki/CVE-2026-58059
https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/wiki/CVE%E2%80%902026%E2%80%9058059
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-4mwx-9cgq-h2wp