What is GHSA-833g-4xxm-r9cx?

GHSA-833g-4xxm-r9cx is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with High severity. In Bouncy Castle for Java before 1.85, CMS AuthEnvelopedData fails to enforce tag-length on...

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-833g-4xxm-r9cx cover?

GHSA-833g-4xxm-r9cx covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2026-12802. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

GHSA-833g-4xxm-r9cxHigh

In Bouncy Castle for Java before 1.85, CMS AuthEnvelopedData fails to enforce tag-length on...

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

August 3, 2026

Last Modified

August 3, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2026-12802 →

📋 Description

In Bouncy Castle for Java before 1.85, CMS AuthEnvelopedData fails to enforce tag-length on decryption. This issue also affects Bouncy Castle for Java LTS before 2.73.12, and Bouncy Castle for Java FIPS (BC-FJA) before bcpkix-fips 1.0.12 (1.0.X series), 2.0.12 (2.0.X series) and 2.1.12 (2.1.X series).

🔗 References (5)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-12802
https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/commit/0fefa539e6ac5c66e1daee5a13b23d1d4769cc01
https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/wiki/CVE-2026-12802
https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/wiki/CVE%E2%80%902026%E2%80%9012802
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-833g-4xxm-r9cx