CRITICAL 9.3 NVD
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
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).
References
- https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/commit/2c28b253a44681fbbc562561eab6ad383d2ae558
- https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/wiki/CVE%E2%80%902026%E2%80%908763
This critical severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 9.3 was published on 2026-08-03 via NVD.
Risk Timeline
CVE Disclosed2026-08-03 · 0 days ago
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