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GHSA-9pwp-9qqc-pr26

GHSA-9pwp-9qqc-pr26 PUBLISHED CVSS 9.300000190734863 CRITICAL

Record from GitHub Advisory Database · Published August 3, 2026

In Bouncy Castle for Java before 1.85, Name Constraints bypass via trailing dot in rfc822Name and URI. This issue also affects Bouncy Castle for Java LTS before 2.73.12, and Bouncy Castle for Java FIPS (BC-FJA) before bc-fips 1.0.2.7 (1.0.X series), 2.0.2 (2.0.X series) and 2.1.3 (2.1.X series).

Fixed versions

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PackageEcosystemFixed in
logstash-fips-9.4Chainguard9.4.7-r6
camunda-8.8Chainguard8.8.39-r1
ruby4.0-bouncy-castle-javaWolfi1.5.0146.1-r5
airbyte-platformChainguard2.0.0-r8
druidWolfi37.0.0-r57
spark-4.0Chainguard4.0.4-r5
ruby3.3-bouncy-castle-javaChainguard1.5.0146.1-r7
ruby3.4-bouncy-castle-javaChainguard1.5.0146.1-r8
ruby4.0-bouncy-castle-javaChainguard1.5.0146.1-r5
cassandra-fips-5.0Chainguard5.0.8-r15
opensearch-2Wolfi2.19.6-r11
geoserver-2.28Chainguard2.28.5-r2

46 more packages have a fixed version. See every fix in Lookup.

Risk scores

CVSS 4.0
9.300000190734863
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:Amber

Affected products

VendorProductVersions
chainguardlogstash-fips-9.40
chainguardcamunda-8.80
wolfiruby4.0-bouncy-castle-java0
chainguardairbyte-platform0
wolfidruid0
chainguardspark-4.00
chainguardruby3.3-bouncy-castle-java0
chainguardruby3.4-bouncy-castle-java0
chainguardruby4.0-bouncy-castle-java0
chainguardcassandra-fips-5.00
wolfiopensearch-20
chainguardgeoserver-2.280
chainguardapache-nifi-registry-2.120
chainguardrequest-9047-keycloak-fips-26.70
chainguardcassandra-fips-4.00
chainguardcamunda-zeebe-8.70
chainguarddruid0
chainguardranger0
wolfiruby3.3-bouncy-castle-java0
wolfizipkin0

…and 38 more

Timeline

  • Aug 3, 2026 CVE Published
  • Aug 6, 2026 Security Advisory

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