CVE-2026-13506: Bouncy Castle: Lazy ASN.1 sequence forcing resets nesting-depth guard

August 3, 2026 (updated September 18, 2026)

In Bouncy Castle for Java before 1.85, Lazy ASN.1 sequence forcing resets nesting-depth guard. 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).

References

github.com/advisories/GHSA-qp49-qgx5-5m26
github.com/bcgit/bc-java/commit/77454da9b3dcaaa2991412d1c3c1a6e1a338ff84
github.com/bcgit/bc-java/wiki/CVE-2026-13506
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-13506

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