CVE-2026-17508

bouncycastle: This update for bouncycastle fixes the following issues: - CVE-2026-17507: negative signed leaf_index values from un...

CVE-2026-17508 is fixed in bouncycastle on 1 platform, first by DEBIAN-CVE-2026-17508, released October 3, 2026. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: Routine.

Routine
CVSS
n/a
No vendor severity
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0042
36th percentile

This update for bouncycastle fixes the following issues: - CVE-2026-17507: negative signed leaf_index values from unsigned wire encodings can cause heap exhaustion (bsc#1284075). - CVE-2026-17508: unbounded KDF iteration and memory parameters can cause resource exhaustion (bsc#1284073). - CVE-2026-18036: variable-time modulo and division operations in NTRU implementation can allow timing side-channel attacks (bsc#1284065). - CVE-2026-18040: table lookups and variable-time duplicate scanning in HQC can cause cache side-channel leaks (bsc#1284205). - CVE-2026-71885: unbound X.509 certificates in MLS LeafNode verification can cause identity impersonation and group message interception (bsc#1284165). - CVE-2026-71886: unvalidated CERTIFY_OTHER flags in OpenPGP subkeys can cause unauthorized trust delegations and identity spoofing (bsc#1284212). - CVE-2026-71887: missing primary key back-signature validation on subkeys can cause signature misattribution and trust context spoofing (bsc#1284213). - CVE-2026-71888: disagreement between digestAlgorithm and authAttrs in CMS parsing can cause unauthenticated attribute injection (bsc#1284215). - CVE-2026-71889: skipped leaf certificate evaluation in checkNameConstraints can cause X.509 name constraint bypasses (bsc#1284218). - CVE-2026-71890: unbounded Remove proposals in external MLS commits can cause arbitrary group member eviction and session takeover (bsc#1284219). - CVE-2026-71891: forged ECPoint curves in BLS12-381 key validation can cause aggregate signature verification bypasses (bsc#1284220). - CVE-2026-71892: type mismatch in CMS key-transport validation can cause key-size enforcement bypasses for HKDF-derived content keys (bsc#1284221). - CVE-2026-85515: laundered EOF exceptions in OpenPGP message stream processing can cause unregistered truncation errors and integrity check bypasses (bsc#1284222). - CVE-2026-97873: unbounded iteration counts in legacy PBES1 and PKCS#12 PBE implementations can cause resource exhaustion (bsc#1284224). Changes for bouncycastle: - Updated to version 1.86.

Where it's fixed

ProductFixed inFixReleased
Linux
bouncycastle · Debian 14 1.86-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2026-17508 Oct 3, 2026
bouncycastle · opensuse-leap 16.0 1.86-160000.1.1 OPENSUSE-SU-2026:22169-1 Nov 7, 2026
bouncycastle · sles 15.6 1.86-150200.3.41.1 SUSE-SU-2026:4797-1 Nov 7, 2026
bouncycastle · sles 15.7 1.86-150200.3.41.1 SUSE-SU-2026:4797-1 Nov 7, 2026
bouncycastle · sles 16.0 1.86-160000.1.1 SUSE-SU-2026:24461-1 Nov 7, 2026

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