What is GHSA-jjmc-c8fq-qcww?

GHSA-jjmc-c8fq-qcww is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with Medium severity. In Bouncy Castle for Java before 1.85, CRMF/CMP password-MAC honours unbounded iteration count....

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-jjmc-c8fq-qcww cover?

GHSA-jjmc-c8fq-qcww covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2026-59647. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

GHSA-jjmc-c8fq-qcwwMedium

In Bouncy Castle for Java before 1.85, CRMF/CMP password-MAC honours unbounded iteration count....

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

August 3, 2026

Last Modified

August 3, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2026-59647 →

📋 Description

In Bouncy Castle for Java before 1.85, CRMF/CMP password-MAC honours unbounded iteration count. 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-2026-59647
https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/commit/c99d6427d6818d04165b07b45dfda96f2b384c53
https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/wiki/CVE-2026-59647
https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/wiki/CVE%E2%80%902026%E2%80%9059647
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-jjmc-c8fq-qcww