CVE-2026-8149 (GCVE-0-2026-8149)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-08 06:01 – Updated: 2026-05-08 12:51
VLAI?
Title
GCM chunking can lead to bad tag exception on decryption
Summary
A vulnerability in Legion of the Bouncy Castle Inc. BC-FJA BC-FIPS on Linux, X86_64, AVX, AVX-512f. This vulnerability is associated with program files gcm128w, gcm512w. This issue affects BC-FJA: from 2.1.0 through 2.1.2.
Severity ?
5.1 (Medium)
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/S:N/RE:M/U:Amber
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Legion of the Bouncy Castle Inc. BC-FJA Affected: 2.1.0 , ≤ 2.1.2 (maven)
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Credits
Michael Schäfer, Kiteworks
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