Medium severity5.3NVD Advisory· Published Jul 5, 2023· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2023-33201
CVE-2023-33201
Description
Bouncy Castle For Java before 1.74 is affected by an LDAP injection vulnerability. The vulnerability only affects applications that use an LDAP CertStore from Bouncy Castle to validate X.509 certificates. During the certificate validation process, Bouncy Castle inserts the certificate's Subject Name into an LDAP search filter without any escaping, which leads to an LDAP injection vulnerability.
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Affected packages
Versions sourced from the GitHub Security Advisory.
| Package | Affected versions | Patched versions |
|---|---|---|
org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk18onMaven | < 1.74 | 1.74 |
org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk15to18Maven | < 1.74 | 1.74 |
org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk14Maven | >= 1.49, < 1.74 | 1.74 |
org.bouncycastle:bcprov-ext-jdk14Maven | >= 1.49, < 1.74 | 1.74 |
org.bouncycastle:bcprov-ext-jdk15to18Maven | < 1.74 | 1.74 |
org.bouncycastle:bcprov-ext-jdk18onMaven | < 1.74 | 1.74 |
org.bouncycastle:bcprov-debug-jdk14Maven | >= 1.49, < 1.74 | 1.74 |
org.bouncycastle:bcprov-debug-jdk15to18Maven | < 1.74 | 1.74 |
org.bouncycastle:bcprov-debug-jdk18onMaven | < 1.74 | 1.74 |
org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk15onMaven | >= 1.49, <= 1.70 | — |
org.bouncycastle:bcprov-ext-jdk15onMaven | >= 1.49, <= 1.70 | — |
org.bouncycastle:bcprov-debug-jdk15onMaven | >= 1.49, <= 1.70 | — |
Affected products
47- osv-coords45 versionspkg:apk/chainguard/jenkinspkg:apk/wolfi/jenkins-compatpkg:apk/wolfi/jenkins-remotingpkg:apk/chainguard/jenkins-remotingpkg:maven/org.bouncycastle/bcprov-jdk18onpkg:maven/org.bouncycastle/bcprov-jdk15to18pkg:maven/org.bouncycastle/bcprov-jdk14pkg:maven/org.bouncycastle/bcprov-ext-jdk14pkg:maven/org.bouncycastle/bcprov-ext-jdk15to18pkg:maven/org.bouncycastle/bcprov-ext-jdk18onpkg:maven/org.bouncycastle/bcprov-debug-jdk14pkg:maven/org.bouncycastle/bcprov-debug-jdk15to18pkg:maven/org.bouncycastle/bcprov-debug-jdk18onpkg:maven/org.bouncycastle/bcprov-jdk15onpkg:maven/org.bouncycastle/bcprov-ext-jdk15onpkg:maven/org.bouncycastle/bcprov-debug-jdk15onpkg:apk/chainguard/druidpkg:apk/chainguard/elasticsearch-7pkg:apk/chainguard/gradle-8pkg:apk/wolfi/druidpkg:apk/wolfi/gradle-8pkg:apk/wolfi/tezpkg:apk/chainguard/tezpkg:rpm/opensuse/bouncycastle&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:apk/chainguard/jenkins-compatpkg:apk/chainguard/elasticsearch-8pkg:apk/chainguard/elasticsearch-configpkg:apk/wolfi/jenkinspkg:rpm/suse/bouncycastle&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP3-ESPOSpkg:rpm/suse/bouncycastle&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP3-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/bouncycastle&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Real%20Time%2015%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/bouncycastle&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP3-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/bouncycastle&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Development%20Tools%2015%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/bouncycastle&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Development%20Tools%2015%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/bouncycastle&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP2-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/bouncycastle&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP2-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/bouncycastle&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/bouncycastle&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/bouncycastle&distro=SUSE%20Enterprise%20Storage%207pkg:rpm/suse/bouncycastle&distro=SUSE%20Enterprise%20Storage%207.1pkg:rpm/opensuse/bouncycastle&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.4pkg:rpm/opensuse/bouncycastle&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.5pkg:apk/chainguard/elasticsearch-8-bitnamipkg:apk/chainguard/elasticsearch-8-configpkg:apk/chainguard/elasticsearch-8-iamguarded
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- (no CPE)range: < 0
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- (no CPE)range: < 1.74
- (no CPE)range: < 1.74
- (no CPE)range: >= 1.49, < 1.74
- (no CPE)range: >= 1.49, < 1.74
- (no CPE)range: < 1.74
- (no CPE)range: < 1.74
- (no CPE)range: >= 1.49, < 1.74
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- (no CPE)range: < 1.74
- (no CPE)range: >= 1.49, <= 1.70
- (no CPE)range: >= 1.49, <= 1.70
- (no CPE)range: >= 1.49, <= 1.70
- (no CPE)range: < 37.0.0-r8
- (no CPE)range: < 7.17.14-r2
- (no CPE)range: < 8.7.0-r1
- (no CPE)range: < 37.0.0-r8
- (no CPE)range: < 8.7.0-r1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.10.4-r6
- (no CPE)range: < 0.10.4-r6
- (no CPE)range: < 1.74-1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0
- (no CPE)range: < 8.12.1-r0
- (no CPE)range: < 8.12.1-r0
- (no CPE)range: < 0
- (no CPE)range: < 1.74-150200.3.21.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.74-150200.3.21.1
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- (no CPE)range: < 1.74-150200.3.21.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.74-150200.3.21.1
- (no CPE)range: < 8.12.1-r0
- (no CPE)range: < 8.12.1-r0
- (no CPE)range: < 8.12.1-r0
- Bouncy Castle/For Javadescription
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
10- github.com/bcgit/bc-java/commit/e8c409a8389c815ea3fda5e8b94c92fdfe583bccnvdPatchWEB
- github.com/advisories/GHSA-hr8g-6v94-x4m9ghsaADVISORY
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-33201ghsaADVISORY
- bouncycastle.orgnvdProductWEB
- bouncycastle.org/releasenotes.htmlghsaWEB
- github.com/bcgit/bc-java/commit/ccf93ca736b89250ff4ce079a5aa56f5cbf0ebbdghsaWEB
- github.com/bcgit/bc-java/commits/main/prov/src/main/java/org/bouncycastle/jce/provider/X509LDAPCertStoreSpi.javaghsaWEB
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/08/msg00000.htmlnvdWEB
- security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230824-0008ghsaWEB
- security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230824-0008/nvd
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