In Bouncy Castle for Java before 1.85, OER parser recurses without depth limit on self-referential IEEE 1609.2 schema. This issue also affects Bouncy Castle for Java LTS before 2.73.12, and Bouncy Castle for Java FIPS (BC-FJA) before bcutil-fips 2.0.7 (2.0.X series) and 2.1.7 (2.1.X series).

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Attack Requirements None

User Interaction None

Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact None

Vulnerable System Integrity Impact None

Vulnerable System Availability Impact High

Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact None

Subsequent System Integrity Impact None

Subsequent System Availability Impact None

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00263.

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact partial

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions
Legion of the Bouncy Castle Inc. BC-JAVA unaffected
Version Status Constraints
1.70 affected < 1.85
Legion of the Bouncy Castle Inc. BC-LTS-JAVA unaffected
Version Status Constraints
2.73.0 affected < 2.73.12
Legion of the Bouncy Castle Inc. BC-FJA unaffected
Version Status Constraints
2.0.0 affected < 2.0.7
2.1.0 affected < 2.1.7

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https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/commit/822b2478b131097368a56290f5728e28dd042989 cve-icon
https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/wiki/CVE%E2%80%902026%E2%80%9059645 cve-icon
History

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{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

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Description In Bouncy Castle for Java before 1.85, OER parser recurses without depth limit on self-referential IEEE 1609.2 schema. This issue also affects Bouncy Castle for Java LTS before 2.73.12, and Bouncy Castle for Java FIPS (BC-FJA) before bcutil-fips 2.0.7 (2.0.X series) and 2.1.7 (2.1.X series).
Title OER parser recurses without depth limit on self-referential IEEE 1609.2 schema
Weaknesses CWE-674
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 8.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/U:Amber'}

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: bcorg

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-03T13:35:36.136Z

Reserved: 2026-07-06T06:58:29.263Z

Link: CVE-2026-59645

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-08-03T13:35:32.982Z

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