High severity7.5OSV Advisory· Published Aug 3, 2026· Updated Sep 2, 2026
CVE-2026-58059
CVE-2026-58059
Description
In Bouncy Castle for Java before 1.85, Quadratic-time escaping when stringifying X.500 distinguished names. 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).
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Affected products
7- Range: r2rv73dot11, r2rv73dot10, r2rv73dot9, …
- osv-coords3 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/bouncycastle&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/bouncycastle&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:apk/chainguard/bouncycastle-fips
< 1.85-160000.1.1+ 2 more
- (no CPE)range: < 1.85-160000.1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.85-1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.1.3-r0
- Range: <1.85, <2.73.12, <1.0.2.7, <2.0.2, <2.1.3
- Range: <1.85
- Range: <2.73.12
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
1News mentions
2- Bouncy Castle for Java: 25 Vulnerabilities Disclosed Together on August 3, 2026Vypr Intelligence · Aug 3, 2026
- Bouncy Castle for Java: 25 Vulnerabilities Disclosed in Single Batch on August 3, 2026Vypr Intelligence · Aug 3, 2026