CVE-2026-59646

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-59646
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-59646.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2026-59646
Downstream
CLEANSTART (2)
DEBIAN (1)
openSUSE (2)
SUSE (3)
UBUNTU (1)
Related
openSUSE (2)
SUSE (3)
Published
2026-08-03T00:48:29Z
Modified
2026-10-24T14:39:22Z
Severity
  • 8.7 (High) CVSS_V4 - 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/U:Amber CVSS Calculator
Summary
DTLS handshake reassembler allocates buffer from unchecked 24-bit length
Details

In Bouncy Castle for Java before 1.85, DTLS handshake reassembler allocates buffer from unchecked 24-bit length. This issue also affects Bouncy Castle for Java LTS before 2.73.12, and Bouncy Castle for Java FIPS (BC-FJA) before bctls-fips 1.0.24 (1.0.X series), 2.0.24 (2.0.X series) and 2.1.24 (2.1.X series).

Database specific 
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    "cwe_ids":  [
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                        },
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                        {
                            "introduced":  "2.0.0"
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                            "fixed":  "2.0.24"
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References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/bcgit/bc-java

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Fixed
57fbd3c501f7a369f64eda311d6a709fc0bcae84
Fixed
2d98721e71bbd822ffa0f84e088eea645cf679fa
Fixed
2ea38942c7917f6d7ab4de93d8a5336d021df0d9
Database specific
Show details 
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            "range":  [
                {
                    "introduced":  "0"
                },
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                    "fixed":  "1.85"
                }
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            "source":  "REFERENCES_COMMIT"
        },
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}
Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/bcgit/bc-lts-java
Events
Introduced
468b5082f3f0971e80bf9edb7029c17b39b9ba0c
Fixed
f101b232c5d3e07ecdd504210a57e43831d6cd65
Database specific
Show details 
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            "range":  [
                {
                    "introduced":  "2.73.0"
                },
                {
                    "fixed":  "2.73.12"
                }
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            "source":  "AFFECTED_FIELD",
            "strategy":  "StandardRange"
        },
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            "range":  [
                {
                    "introduced":  "0"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected":  "2.73.11"
                }
            ],
            "source":  "CPE_RANGE"
        }
    ]
}

Affected versions

Other
r1rv73
r1rv74
r1rv75
r1rv76
r1rv77
r1rv78
r1rv80
r1rv81
r1rv82
r1rv83
r1rv84
r2rv73dot0
r2rv73dot1
r2rv73dot10
r2rv73dot11
r2rv73dot3
r2rv73dot4
r2rv73dot6
r2rv73dot8
r2rv73dot9

Database specific

source 
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vanir_signatures_modified 
"2026-10-24T14:39:22Z"