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DEBIAN-CVE-2026-59638

In Bouncy Castle for Java before 1.85, JSSE hostname verifier CN-fallback enabled by default despite documented opt-in. This issue also affects Bouncy...

Original description

The description as published by the source.

In Bouncy Castle for Java before 1.85, JSSE hostname verifier CN-fallback enabled by default despite documented opt-in. 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).

Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) OSV

Affected packages

Debian:12 bouncycastle

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]

Debian:13 bouncycastle

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]

Debian:14 bouncycastle

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.86-1"}]}]

References

advisory security-tracker.debian.org