Dashboard / CVE-2026-63578

CVE-2026-63578

HIGH
MEDIUM Priority: 0.03 BB Relevance: 64/100
Published: 2026-10-02 Modified: 2026-10-28 First seen: 2026-10-29 Status: active

Attack Surface

Network Low Complexity No Auth

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV: Network
AC: Low
PR: None
UI: Passive
S: X
AT: None
VC: None
VI: None
VA: High

Description

Allocation of resources without limits in password-based private-key decryption (PbeUtilities.GenerateCipherParameters) in Legion of the Bouncy Castle Inc. bc-csharp before 2.7.0 allows an attacker who can supply an encrypted private key, such as a PKCS#8 EncryptedPrivateKeyInfo or "ENCRYPTED PRIVATE KEY" PEM file, to cause a denial of service through CPU exhaustion via an iteration count close to 2^31, because the count is taken from the unauthenticated algorithm parameters without an upper bound and the key derivation runs before the password or the data can be checked. PKCS#5 PBES1 and PBES2 (PBKDF2), the PKCS#12 PBE algorithms and CMS password recipients (CmsPbeKey) are affected. Loading PKCS#12 files with Pkcs12Store is covered by CVE-2026-63572, and a zero or negative count with the PKCS#12 algorithms by CVE-2026-63575.

Weakness Classification (1)

Affected Software (1)

VendorProductVersion
bouncycastle bc-csharp < 2.7.0

References & Advisories (6)

Bug Bounty Relevance

64 / 100
✓ Network accessible
✓ No authentication
✓ Low complexity

CVSS Score

7.1 / 10.0 v4.0
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/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:X

EPSS — Exploitation Probability

0.38%
Raw Score 0.003760
Percentile 31.5%
Date 2026-10-29

EPSS Trend

2026-10-29
0.00376
2026-10-28
0.00330

Intelligence Sources

nvd ref →

External Links