Bug 2510250 (CVE-2026-58059) - CVE-2026-58059 org.bouncycastle/bc-java: Bouncy Castle for Java: Denial of Service via quadratic-time escaping of X.500 distinguished names
Summary: CVE-2026-58059 org.bouncycastle/bc-java: Bouncy Castle for Java: Denial of Se...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-58059
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Depends On: 2533189 2533191
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Reported: 2026-08-03 03:02 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-09-14 16:46 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-08-03 03:02:55 UTC 
In Bouncy Castle for Java before 1.85, Quadratic-time escaping when stringifying X.500 distinguished names. 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).
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