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CVE-2026-8763: Name Constraints bypass via trailing dot in rfc822Name and URI

August 3, 2026 (updated September 16, 2026)

Affects Bouncy Castle for Java FIPS (BC-FJA) bc-fips-debug before 1.0.2.7 (1.0.X series), 2.0.2 (2.0.X series) and 2.1.3 (2.1.X series). PKIXNameConstraintValidator strips a trailing dot before comparing dNSName values but not rfc822Name or URI values, which are compared with a plain case-insensitive match. A certificate whose email or URI SAN ends in a dot therefore evades an excludedSubtrees entry for the same host and path validation succeeds. An attacker controlling a name-constrained intermediate CA can issue certificates for names the constraints were meant to exclude.

References

  • github.com/bcgit/bc-java/commit/2c28b253a44681fbbc562561eab6ad383d2ae558
  • github.com/bcgit/bc-java/wiki/CVE-2026-8763
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-8763

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Affected versions

All versions starting from 1.0.0 before 1.0.2.7, all versions starting from 2.0.0 before 2.0.2, all versions starting from 2.1.0 before 2.1.3

Fixed versions

  • 1.0.2.7
  • 2.0.2
  • 2.1.3

Solution

Upgrade to versions 1.0.2.7, 2.0.2, 2.1.3 or above.

Impact 9.1 CRITICAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

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Weakness

  • CWE-295: Improper Certificate Validation

Source file

maven/org.bouncycastle/bc-fips-debug/CVE-2026-8763.yml

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