CVE-2026-3505 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption in OF THE Bouncy Castle INC Bc-java

CWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource ConsumptionCWE-770 — Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling3 documents3 sources
Severity
8.7HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.1%
top 82.72%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
Legion OF THE Bouncy Castle INC Bc-java
Timeline
PublishedApr 15
Latest updateApr 17

Description

Allocation of resources without limits or throttling vulnerability in Legion of the Bouncy Castle Inc. BC-JAVA bcpg on all (pg modules).This issue affects BC-JAVA: before 1.84. Unbounded PGP AEAD chunk size leads to pre-auth resource exhaustion.

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

Affected Packages1 packages

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
Bouncy Castle Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability↗2026-04-17
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VulDB
Legion of the Bouncy Castle BC-JAVA up to 1.83 allocation of resources↗2026-04-15
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