What is GHSA-9pwp-9qqc-pr26?

GHSA-9pwp-9qqc-pr26 is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with Critical severity. In Bouncy Castle for Java before 1.85, Name Constraints bypass via trailing dot in rfc822Name and...

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-9pwp-9qqc-pr26 cover?

GHSA-9pwp-9qqc-pr26 covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2026-8763. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

GHSA-9pwp-9qqc-pr26Critical

In Bouncy Castle for Java before 1.85, Name Constraints bypass via trailing dot in rfc822Name and...

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

August 3, 2026

Last Modified

August 3, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2026-8763 →

📋 Description

In Bouncy Castle for Java before 1.85, Name Constraints bypass via trailing dot in rfc822Name and URI. 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-2026-8763
https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/commit/2c28b253a44681fbbc562561eab6ad383d2ae558
https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/wiki/CVE-2026-8763
https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/wiki/CVE%E2%80%902026%E2%80%908763
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-9pwp-9qqc-pr26