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

August 3, 2026 (updated September 16, 2026)

Affects Bouncy Castle for Java before 1.85. LazyEncodedSequence.force() parses the deferred SEQUENCE with a fresh nesting-depth counter instead of inheriting the parent’s remaining budget, and never decrements it. CRLs loaded through X509CRLHolder or the BC CertificateFactory hold revokedCertificates as an unforced lazy sequence, so a 40-50 KB DER CRL nesting around 10,000 SEQUENCEs recurses one frame per level on hashing, comparison or encoding. The resulting StackOverflowError is usually uncaught and kills the handling thread.

References

  • 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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Affected versions

All versions 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-674: Uncontrolled Recursion

Source file

maven/org.bouncycastle/bcprov-jdk14/CVE-2026-13506.yml

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