What is GHSA-cggx-vw4r-j93f?

GHSA-cggx-vw4r-j93f is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with High severity. In Bouncy Castle for Java before 1.85, RSA PKCS#1 verification skips last two hash bytes in NULL...

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-cggx-vw4r-j93f cover?

GHSA-cggx-vw4r-j93f covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2026-12860. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

GHSA-cggx-vw4r-j93fHigh

In Bouncy Castle for Java before 1.85, RSA PKCS#1 verification skips last two hash bytes in NULL...

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

August 3, 2026

Last Modified

August 3, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2026-12860 →

📋 Description

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.

🔗 References (5)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-12860
https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/commit/ea5970ea9b2fb91d763b904692fd21089ca3e396
https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/wiki/CVE-2026-12860
https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/wiki/CVE%E2%80%902026%E2%80%9012860
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-cggx-vw4r-j93f