Bug 2523404 - CVE-2026-59649 apache-sshd: Bouncy Castle for Java: Denial of Service due to unbounded OpenPGP user-attribute subpacket length [fedora-all]
Summary: CVE-2026-59649 apache-sshd: Bouncy Castle for Java: Denial of Service due to ...
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Status: NEW
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Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: apache-sshd
Version: rawhide
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
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Assignee: Mat Booth
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks: CVE-2026-59649
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Reported: 2026-08-25 12:02 UTC by Jon Weiser
Modified: 2026-08-25 12:02 UTC (History)
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Description Jon Weiser 2026-08-25 12:02:35 UTC 
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In Bouncy Castle for Java before 1.85, OpenPGP user-attribute subpacket length bounded only by JVM max memory. This issue also affects Bouncy Castle for Java LTS before 2.73.12, and Bouncy Castle for Java FIPS (BC-FJA) before bcpg-fips 1.0.13 (1.0.X series), 2.0.13 (2.0.X series) and 2.1.13 (2.1.X series).
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