CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2026-8763

Improper Certificate Validation

Published: Aug 03, 2026 | Modified: Sep 02, 2026
CVSS 3.x
9.1
CRITICAL
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
CVSS 2.x
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
7.4 IMPORTANT
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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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).

Weakness

The product does not validate, or incorrectly validates, a certificate.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
Bc-javaBouncycastle*1.85 (excluding)
Bouncy_castle_for_java_ltsBouncycastle*2.73.11 (including)
Fips_java_apiBouncycastle1.0.0 (including)1.0.2.7 (excluding)
Fips_java_apiBouncycastle2.0.0 (including)2.0.2 (excluding)
Fips_java_apiBouncycastle2.1.0 (including)2.1.3 (excluding)

Potential Mitigations

References