CVE-2026-97873

Published 3 October 2026 · tracked since 3 October 2026

Description

In Bouncy Castle for Java before 1.86, the raw JCA provider's legacy PBES1 (PKCS#5 scheme 1) and PKCS#12 PBE families ran their password-based key derivation with an iteration count taken from untrusted input without bounding it, so a small input could dictate an arbitrary amount of work before anyt

References

• NVD — National Vulnerability Database
• CVE.org record (MITRE)
• CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

Latest tracked vulnerabilities

• CVE-2026-105118 MEDIUM 4.7
• CVE-2026-71889
• CVE-2026-71891
• CVE-2026-71885
• CVE-2026-71886
• CVE-2026-92767 MEDIUM 6.4
• CVE-2026-92084 CRITICAL 9.1
• CVE-2026-94505 HIGH 8.1
• CVE-2026-96267 HIGH 7.5
• CVE-2026-97343 MEDIUM 4.3

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