CVE-2026-13506
HIGHLazy ASN.1 sequence forcing resets nesting-depth guard
Title source: cnaDescription
In Bouncy Castle for Java before 1.85, Lazy ASN.1 sequence forcing resets nesting-depth guard. This issue also affects Bouncy Castle for Java LTS before 2.73.12, and Bouncy Castle for Java FIPS (BC-FJA) before bc-fips 1.0.2.7 (1.0.X series), 2.0.2 (2.0.X series) and 2.1.3 (2.1.X series).
References (2)
Core 2
Core References
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/wiki/CVE-2026-13506
Scores
CVSS v4
8.7
EPSS
0.0026
EPSS Percentile
18.0%
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:Amber
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-674
Status
published
Products (5)
Legion of the Bouncy Castle Inc./BC-FJA
1.0.0 - 1.0.2.7
Legion of the Bouncy Castle Inc./BC-FJA
2.0.0 - 2.0.2
Legion of the Bouncy Castle Inc./BC-FJA
2.1.0 - 2.1.3
Legion of the Bouncy Castle Inc./BC-JAVA
< 1.85
Legion of the Bouncy Castle Inc./BC-LTS-JAVA
2.73.0 - 2.73.12
Published
Aug 03, 2026
Tracked Since
Aug 03, 2026