What is GHSA-hcmw-xv23-7hqq?

GHSA-hcmw-xv23-7hqq is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with Low severity. Out-of-bounds write vulnerability in Legion of the Bouncy Castle Inc. BC-LTS bcprov-lts8on on ARM...

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-hcmw-xv23-7hqq cover?

GHSA-hcmw-xv23-7hqq covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2026-15997. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

GHSA-hcmw-xv23-7hqqLow

Out-of-bounds write vulnerability in Legion of the Bouncy Castle Inc. BC-LTS bcprov-lts8on on ARM...

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

July 17, 2026

Last Modified

July 17, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2026-15997 →

📋 Description

Out-of-bounds write vulnerability in Legion of the Bouncy Castle Inc. BC-LTS bcprov-lts8on on ARM allows Overflow Buffers.

This vulnerability is associated with program files https://github.Com/bcgit/bc-lts-java/blob/main/native_c/arm/sha/shake.C, https://github.Com/bcgit/bc-lts-java/blob/main/native_c/arm/sha/sha3.C.

This issue affects BC-LTS: from 2.73.0 before 2.73.12.1.

Issue is only applicable if application involved is accepting memoable SHA3 / SHAKE states from potentially untrusted sources.

🔗 References (3)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-15997
https://github.com/bcgit/bc-lts-java/wiki/CVE-2026-15997
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-hcmw-xv23-7hqq