CVE-2026-58059: Quadratic-time escaping when stringifying X.500 distinguished names

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2026-08-03 · updated 2026-09-02
Weakness: CWE-407

Description

In Bouncy Castle for Java before 1.85, Quadratic-time escaping when stringifying X.500 distinguished names. 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).

Affected products

Legion of the Bouncy Castle Inc. BC-JAVA: before 1.85 — fixed in 1.85
Legion of the Bouncy Castle Inc. Bouncy Castle for Java LTS: through 2.73.11
Bouncycastle Fips Java Api: from 1.0.0 before 1.0.2.7; from 2.0.0 before 2.0.2; from 2.1.0 before 2.1.3 — fixed in 1.0.2.7, 2.0.2, 2.1.3

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Legion of the Bouncy Castle Inc. BC-JAVA 1.85; Bouncycastle Fips Java Api 1.0.2.7, 2.0.2, 2.1.3. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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