CVE-2026-8763

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.

Potential Mitigations

Related Attack Patterns

• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/459.html
• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/475.html

References

• https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/commit/2c28b253a44681fbbc562561eab6ad383d2ae558
• https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/wiki/CVE%E2%80%902026%E2%80%908763