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🛡️ CVE-2026-0636 — bcprov-jdk14

🟡 CVSS 6.5 — Medium ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-90 NVD
6.5
CVSS Score
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Description

Improper neutralization of special elements used in an LDAP query ('LDAP injection') vulnerability in Legion of the Bouncy Castle Inc. BC-JAVA bcprov on all (prov modules).

This vulnerability is associated with program files LDAPStoreHelper.

This issue affects BC-JAVA: from 1.74 before 1.80.2, from 1.81 before 1.81.1, from 1.82 before 1.84.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality low, integrity low, availability none.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

  • Attack vector: Network — reachable from anywhere that can route to the service.
  • Attack complexity: Low — the attack works reliably, with no preparation.
  • Privileges required: None — an unauthenticated stranger can try it.
  • User interaction: None — nobody has to be tricked into anything.
  • Scope: Unchanged — the damage stays inside the vulnerable component.
  • Confidentiality impact: Low — limited, and the attacker does not choose what is affected.
  • Integrity impact: Low — limited, and the attacker does not choose what is affected.
  • Availability impact: None.

Weakness class

CVE-2026-0636 is classified as CWE-90: LDAP Injection. Input is placed into an LDAP query without neutralisation, allowing the directory lookup to be rewritten.

Affected software

CVE-2026-0636 is recorded against 4 packages.

  • org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk14 (from 1.74 up to 1.84)
  • org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk15to18 (from 1.74 up to 1.84)
  • org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk18on (from 1.74 up to 1.84)
  • unknown

Timeline and source

Published on 17 April 2026 and last revised on 18 April 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from NVD.

References

nvd.nist.gov (Advisory)
github.com (Web)
github.com (Package)
github.com (Web)

Other advisories for this package

org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk14 has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:

Same weakness in other software

These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-90: LDAP Injection) in other software:

CVE-2026-0636 on other distributions

Each distribution ships its own build and its own fixed version. Pick the one you run:

Details

Severity Medium
CVSS Score 6.5
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
CWE CWE-90
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source NVD
Published 2026-04-17
Updated 2026-08-20
Modified 2026-04-18
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk14 1.74 1.84
org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk15to18 1.74 1.84
org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk18on 1.74 1.84
unknown

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