CVE-2026-103604
validatedZero produced an exploit or a check.GHSA-p48w-99f8-9598 ↗EUVD-2026-91234 ↗
description
bc-csharp versions before 2.7.0 can consume excessive CPU while formatting or comparing X.509 distinguished names. An unauthenticated remote party may cause a denial of service by supplying certificate-related data that the application subsequently renders, logs, displays, or compares.
mitigation
Upgrade bc-csharp to version 2.7.0 or later. Until upgraded, reduce exposure by avoiding string conversion or comparison of distinguished names from untrusted certificate-related inputs where practical.
fixed in 2.7.0
outcome
Mechanism verified: the exploit fired on the vulnerable build and stayed silent on the patched one, but the server it ran against was ours, so no check ships for it.
source signals
Public signals that triggered or updated the pipeline. These are inputs for the deltas above.
- 2026-10-02 07:11Zghsa: trigger signal, started the run
- 2026-10-02 07:11Zcve.org record for CVE-2026-103604
this entry in the feed
GET /api/v1/feed/CVE-2026-103604
{ "etk_id": "ETK-2026-329", "cve_id": "CVE-2026-103604", "display_id": "CVE-2026-103604", "ghsa_id": "GHSA-p48w-99f8-9598", "euvd_id": "EUVD-2026-91234", "status": "published", "anchor_state": "anchored", "title": "Quadratic X.509 name processing in bc-csharp", "summary": "bc-csharp versions before 2.7.0 can consume excessive CPU while formatting or comparing X.509 distinguished names. An unauthenticated remote party may cause a denial of service by supplying certificate-related data that the application subsequently renders, logs, displays, or compares.", "mitigation": "Upgrade bc-csharp to version 2.7.0 or later. Until upgraded, reduce exposure by avoiding string conversion or comparison of distinguished names from untrusted certificate-related inputs where practical.", "vendor": "Legion of the Bouncy Castle Inc.", "product": "bc-csharp", "affected": [ { "affected_notes": [], "affected_ranges": [ ">= 0, < 2.7.0" ], "ecosystem": null, "fixed_versions": [ "2.7.0" ], "package_name": "BouncyCastle.Cryptography", "purl": null } ], "cwes": null, "cvss_score": 8.7, "cvss_src": "cna_vendor", "cvss_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/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X", "epss_score": 0.0026, "epss_percentile": 0.1648, "epss_asof": "2026-10-20", "automation": "contextual", "check": true, "check_confidence_basis": "mechanism_verified", "exploit": false, "pipeline_minutes": 13.204829116666668, "t0_at": "2026-10-02T07:11:04.012000+00:00", "signals": { "check": { "at": "2026-10-02T11:24:12.063003+00:00", "days": 0.17578762734953704, "is_lower_bound": false, "measured_at": "2026-10-02T07:11:04.012000+00:00", "url": null }, "trigger_signal": { "at": "2026-10-02T07:11:04.012000+00:00", "days": 0, "is_lower_bound": false, "measured_at": "2026-10-02T07:11:04.012000+00:00", "url": "https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-p48w-99f8-9598" } } }
published 2026-10-02 11:10Z
last change 2026-10-21 04:45Z
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