Bug 2523389

Summary: CVE-2026-59639 resteasy: Bouncy Castle for Java: Cryptographic signature bypass [fedora-all]
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Jon Weiser <jweiser>
Component: resteasyAssignee: Endi Sukma Dewata <edewata>
Status: NEW --- QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version: rawhideCC: cfu, edewata, java-sig-commits, jmagne, mfargett
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Description Jon Weiser 2026-08-25 11:57:30 UTC
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In Bouncy Castle for Java before 1.85, CMS verifySignatures returns true for SignedData with zero signers. This issue also affects Bouncy Castle for Java LTS before 2.73.12, and Bouncy Castle for Java FIPS (BC-FJA) before bcpkix-fips 1.0.12 (1.0.X series), 2.0.12 (2.0.X series) and 2.1.12 (2.1.X series).