CVE-2026-59643 (GCVE-0-2026-59643)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-03 00:51 – Updated: 2026-08-03 05:02
VLAI
Title
OpenPGP inline-signature policy failures silently ignored
Summary
In Bouncy Castle for Java before 1.85, OpenPGP inline-signature policy failures silently ignored. This issue also affects Bouncy Castle for Java FIPS (BC-FJA) before bcpg-fips 2.0.13.
Severity
8.7 (High)
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/U:Amber
CWE
  • CWE-347 - Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Credits
Alex Gaynor in collaboration with Claude and Anthropic Research
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