CVE-2026-59638EPSS p25.8%

CVE-2026-59638CVE-2026-59638

bouncycastle / bc-java

Description

In Bouncy Castle for Java before 1.85, JSSE hostname verifier CN-fallback enabled by default despite documented opt-in. This issue also affects Bouncy Castle for Java LTS before 2.73.12, and Bouncy Castle for Java FIPS (BC-FJA) before bctls-fips 1.0.24 (1.0.X series), 2.0.24 (2.0.X series) and 2.1.24 (2.1.X series).

Scoring

CVSS 6.5 ()
VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
EPSS0.34% probability of exploitation · percentile 25.8% · 2026-10-05T12:00:23Z
Last modified2026-08-28
Sourced from NVD + FIRST.org EPSS. Curated for EU compliance use cases by Adam Lundqvist, Founder at SQUR.