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Bouncy Castle Java Cryptography Library Patches Six Vulnerabilities Across All Editions

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  • Bouncy Castle for Java versions before 1.85 contain six newly disclosed CVEs spanning cryptographic, authentication, and denial-of-service flaws
  • CVE-2026-58061 exposes plaintext before authentication tag verification in CCM encryption modes, a fundamental cryptographic design violation
  • CVE-2026-59639 permits improper authentication in CMS signature verification, potentially undermining document and message integrity
  • All three Bouncy Castle editions are affected, including the FIPS variant used in regulated and government environments
  • Organizations with compliance obligations face audit exposure from unpatched cryptographic dependencies buried in their software supply chains

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