Medium severity5.3OSV Advisory· Published Aug 3, 2026· Updated Aug 28, 2026
CVE-2026-59641
CVE-2026-59641
Description
In Bouncy Castle for Java before 1.85, S/MIME validator trusts signer-asserted signingTime for path validation. This issue also affects Bouncy Castle for Java LTS before 2.73.12, and Bouncy Castle for Java FIPS (BC-FJA) before bcmail-fips and bcjmail-fips 1.0.7 (1.0.X series), 2.0.7 (2.0.X series) and 2.1.7 (2.1.X series).
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Affected products
4- Range: r2rv73dot11, r2rv73dot10, r2rv73dot9, …
- osv-coords2 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/bouncycastle&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg: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
- Range: <1.85, <2.73.12, <1.0.7, <2.0.7, <2.1.7
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
2News mentions
1- Bouncy Castle for Java: 25 Vulnerabilities Disclosed Together on August 3, 2026Vypr Intelligence · Aug 3, 2026