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High · 7.1 CVE-2026-63575 EUVD-2026-91226GHSA-7c84-x75c-5j8m

PKCS#12 key derivation loops about 2^32 times on a zero or negative iteration count

Published Oct 2, 2026 · Updated Oct 2, 2026 · Assigned by bcorg

Description

Loop with unreachable exit condition in the PKCS#12 key derivation (Pkcs12ParametersGenerator) in Legion of the Bouncy Castle Inc. bc-csharp before 2.7.0 allows an attacker who can supply a PKCS#12 (PFX) file, or a PKCS#8 encrypted private key that uses a PKCS#12 password-based encryption algorithm, to cause a denial of service through CPU exhaustion via an iteration count of zero or below, because the derivation loop ran until its counter equalled the count, so for such a count it wrapped through about 2^32 iterations before the MAC or the password could be checked. A 75-byte PFX file with a negative MacData iteration count kept Pkcs12Store.Load busy for many minutes.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Legion of the Bouncy Castle bc-csharp < 2.7.0 2.7.0

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