Bug 2519473 - CVE-2026-8763 bouncycastle: Bouncy Castle for Java: Name Constraints bypass via trailing dot in rfc822Name and URI [epel-all]
Summary: CVE-2026-8763 bouncycastle: Bouncy Castle for Java: Name Constraints bypass v...
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Status: NEW
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Product: Fedora EPEL
Classification: Fedora
Component: bouncycastle
Version: epel10
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
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Assignee: Gianluca Sforna
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks: CVE-2026-8763
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Reported: 2026-08-19 10:04 UTC by Srikanth Balasubramanian
Modified: 2026-08-19 10:04 UTC (History)
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Description Srikanth Balasubramanian 2026-08-19 10:04:53 UTC 
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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).
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