CVE-2026-63568
validatedZero produced an exploit or a check.GHSA-mm8p-p4g9-932c ↗EUVD-2026-91219 ↗
description
BouncyCastle.Cryptography before 2.7.0 can consume excessive CPU while validating password-based MACs in CMP messages or CRMF certificate requests. An unauthenticated remote attacker can cause denial of service if the application processes attacker-supplied requests and uses PKMacBuilder without an explicit iteration limit.
mitigation
Upgrade BouncyCastle.Cryptography to version 2.7.0 or later. Until upgraded, construct PKMacBuilder with an explicit maximum iteration count and restrict processing of untrusted CMP and CRMF requests where possible.
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 06:59Zcve_org: trigger signal, started the run
this entry in the feed
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published 2026-10-02 08:37Z
last change 2026-10-21 14:01Z
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