High severity7.5OSV Advisory· Published Aug 3, 2026· Updated Aug 28, 2026
CVE-2026-14682
CVE-2026-14682
Description
In Bouncy Castle for Java before 1.85, Possible OOM from unbounded up-front allocation on a definite-length read. This issue also affects Bouncy Castle for Java LTS before 2.73.12, and Bouncy Castle for Java FIPS (BC-FJA) before bc-fips 1.0.2.7 (1.0.X series), 2.0.2 (2.0.X series) and 2.1.3 (2.1.X series), and before bctls-fips 1.0.24.
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Affected products
11- Range: r2rv73dot11, r2rv73dot10, r2rv73dot9, …
cpe:2.3:a:bouncycastle:bc-java:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:bouncycastle:bc-java:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <1.85
- (no CPE)range: <1.85
cpe:2.3:a:bouncycastle:bctls-fips:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:bouncycastle:bctls-fips:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <1.0.24
- (no CPE)range: <1.0.24
- cpe:2.3:a:bouncycastle:bouncy_castle_for_java_lts:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*Range: <=2.73.11
- cpe:2.3:a:bouncycastle:fips_java_api:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*Range: >=1.0.0,<1.0.2.7
- Range: <1.0.2.7, <2.0.2, <2.1.3
- osv-coords3 versionspkg:apk/chainguard/bouncycastle-fipspkg:rpm/opensuse/bouncycastle&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/bouncycastle&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweed
< 2.1.3-r0+ 2 more
- (no CPE)range: < 2.1.3-r0
- (no CPE)range: < 1.85-160000.1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.85-1.1
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References
1News mentions
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