CVE-2026-14682CWE-789

CVE-2026-14682

High · published August 3, 2026

CVSS v3.1
7.5
EPSS
0%
Percentile
25.5
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

In Bouncy Castle for Java before 1.85, Possible OOM from unbounded up-front allocation on a definite-length read. 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), and before bctls-fips 1.0.24.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.5 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00334 · 25.5th percentile
Weakness
CWE-789 · Memory Allocation with Excessive Size Value
Published
2026-08-03T08:16Z
Affected products (6)
ProductVersionsFixed in
bouncycastle/bc-java< 1.851.85
bouncycastle/bctls-fips< 1.0.241.0.24
bouncycastle/bouncy_castle_for_java_lts≤ 2.73.11—
bouncycastle/fips_java_api≥ 1.0.0, < 1.0.2.71.0.2.7
bouncycastle/fips_java_api≥ 2.0.0, < 2.0.22.0.2
bouncycastle/fips_java_api≥ 2.1.0, < 2.1.32.1.3
References (2)
https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/commit/37094e504ef50cf9ce4e0fb9e5105d495ff5c2d2 · 91579145-5d7b-4cc5-b925-a0262ff19630https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/wiki/CVE%E2%80%902026%E2%80%9014682 · 91579145-5d7b-4cc5-b925-a0262ff19630
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 03 AUG 02:44Z
    Possible OOM from unbounded up-front allocation on a definite-length read
    cvelistv5