Description
In Bouncy Castle for Java before 1.86, BLS12_381BasicScheme.keyValidate, and so BLSPublicKeyParameters and every BasicScheme, MessageAugmentation and ProofOfPossession verify and aggregateVerify that gate on it, accepted a public key built on a foreign ECCurve that merely shares BLS12-381's field characteristic. The prime-order subgroup check trusts a point's own curve to name its cofactor, since ECPoint.satisfiesOrder returns true outright when the curve's cofactor is one, so a point on a curve with a different equation and a cofactor forged to one passed keyValidate despite not being a G1 point at all. In BC's pairing implementation such a point contributes the identity in the target group, so an aggregate signature verified against a set of public keys including it is accepted even though it contains no signature for that key and message pair, admitting a phantom signer. keyValidate now first confirms that the point's curve carries exactly the canonical G1 field, equation, order and cofactor before any subgroup check. The issue is reachable only where an application constructs an ECPoint on an explicit, non-canonical curve and accepts it as an authority-bearing key; the standard 48-byte compressed-point decoder always supplies the canonical curve and was never affected.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Legion of the Bouncy Castle | BC-JAVA | 1.85 – < 1.86 | 1.86 |
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 14 | bouncycastle | 1.86-1 | — |
| Debian 13 | bouncycastle | No fix yet | — |
| Debian 12 | bouncycastle | No fix yet | — |
Ubuntu
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu 26.10 | bouncycastle | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 26.04 LTS | bouncycastle | No fix yet | — |
Show 5 more (older releases, extended support, other products)Fewer releases
| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu Pro 24.04 LTS | bouncycastle | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu Pro 22.04 LTS | bouncycastle | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS | bouncycastle | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS | bouncycastle | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS | bouncycastle | No fix yet | — |
SUSE
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| SLES 15 SP7 | bouncycastle | 1.86-150200.3.41.1 | SUSE-SU-2026:4797-1 |
| SLES 15 SP6 | bouncycastle | 1.86-150200.3.41.1 | SUSE-SU-2026:4797-1 |
| SLES 15 SP5 | bouncycastle | 1.86-150200.3.41.1 | SUSE-SU-2026:4797-1 |
| SLES 15 SP4 | bouncycastle | 1.86-150200.3.41.1 | SUSE-SU-2026:4797-1 |
Show 7 more (older releases, extended support, other products)Fewer releases
| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| SLES for SAP 16.0 | bouncycastle | 1.86-160000.1.1 | SUSE-SU-2026:24461-1 |
| SLES for SAP 15 SP6 | bouncycastle | 1.86-150200.3.41.1 | SUSE-SU-2026:4797-1 |
| SLES for SAP 15 SP5 | bouncycastle | 1.86-150200.3.41.1 | SUSE-SU-2026:4797-1 |
| SLES for SAP 15 SP4 | bouncycastle | 1.86-150200.3.41.1 | SUSE-SU-2026:4797-1 |
| SLES 16.0 | bouncycastle | 1.86-160000.1.1 | SUSE-SU-2026:24461-1 |
| SLE HPC 15 SP5 | bouncycastle | 1.86-150200.3.41.1 | SUSE-SU-2026:4797-1 |
| SLE HPC 15 SP4 | bouncycastle | 1.86-150200.3.41.1 | SUSE-SU-2026:4797-1 |
openSUSE
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| openSUSE Tumbleweed | bouncycastle | 1.86-1.1 | openSUSE-SU-2026:12090-1 |
| openSUSE Leap 16.0 | bouncycastle | 1.86-160000.1.1 | openSUSE-SU-2026:22169-1 |
Wolfi
| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wolfi rolling | gradle-8 | 8.14.6-r5 | — |
| Wolfi rolling | gradle-9 | 9.8.2-r3 | — |
Advisories 6
- WID-SEC-2026-4056 Atlassian Produkte (Bamboo, Bitbucket, Confluence, Crucible, Fisheye und Jira): Mehrere Schwachstellen BSI CERT-Bund (WID) · Nov 11, 2026
- WID-SEC-2026-3726 Bouncy Castle für Java: Mehrere Schwachstellen BSI CERT-Bund (WID) · Nov 11, 2026
- SUSE-SU-2026:24461-1 Security update for bouncycastle SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Nov 4, 2026
- openSUSE-SU-2026:22169-1 Security update for bouncycastle SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Nov 1, 2026
- SUSE-SU-2026:4797-1 Security update for bouncycastle SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Oct 21, 2026
- openSUSE-SU-2026:12090-1 bouncycastle-1.86-1.1 on GA media SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Oct 10, 2026