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CVE-2026-59644: MLS hash-ratchet honours arbitrary 32-bit generation counter from sender

August 3, 2026 (updated September 16, 2026)

Affects Bouncy Castle for Java before 1.85. GroupKeySet.HashRatchet.get() advances the ratchet one generation at a time up to the requested value and caches every intermediate key in an unbounded map. The generation comes from the SenderData of an incoming PrivateMessage, is a 32-bit value encrypted only under the group-shared sender data secret, and is used before any per-message signature check. Any authenticated member can request a maximal generation and force every other member into roughly two billion HKDF iterations and multi-gigabyte cache growth.

References

  • github.com/bcgit/bc-java/commit/610d8757d855afe197df0de6d831cb75c81e3b9f
  • github.com/bcgit/bc-java/wiki/CVE-2026-59644
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-59644

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Affected versions

All versions starting from 1.78.0 before 1.85.0

Fixed versions

  • 1.85.0

Solution

Upgrade to version 1.85.0 or above.

Impact 7.5 HIGH

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

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Weakness

  • CWE-834: Excessive Iteration

Source file

maven/org.bouncycastle/bcmls-jdk18on/CVE-2026-59644.yml

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