Medium severity5.3OSV Advisory· Published Aug 3, 2026· Updated Aug 28, 2026

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.

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Affected products

Legion Of The Bouncy Castle Inc./Bc Lts JavaOSV
Range: r2rv73dot11, r2rv73dot10, r2rv73dot9, …
osv-coords2 versions
pkg:rpm/opensuse/bouncycastle&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweed pkg:rpm/opensuse/bouncycastle&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0
< 1.85-1.1+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: < 1.85-1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.85-160000.1.1
Legion Of The Bouncy Castle Inc./Bc Javallm-create
Range: <1.85, <2.73.12

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

github.com/bcgit/bc-java/commit/ea5970ea9b2fb91d763b904692fd21089ca3e396nvdPatch

News mentions

Bouncy Castle for Java: 25 Vulnerabilities Disclosed Together on August 3, 2026
Vypr Intelligence · Aug 3, 2026
Bouncy Castle for Java: 25 Vulnerabilities Disclosed in Single Batch on August 3, 2026
Vypr Intelligence · Aug 3, 2026

cvss	0.345
epss	0.000
exploit	0.000
kev	0.000
patch	-0.070
ransomware	0.000