Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling Affecting org.bouncycastle:bcpkix-debug-jdk14 package, versions [,1.85)
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- published4 Aug 2026
- disclosed3 Aug 2026
- creditUnknown
Introduced: 3 Aug 2026
NewCVE-2026-15055 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade org.bouncycastle:bcpkix-debug-jdk14 to version 1.85 or higher.
Overview
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in JcePKCSPBEInputDecryptorProviderBuilder and JceOpenSSLPKCS8DecryptorProviderBuilder, which parse PBES2Parameters from attacker-supplied EncryptedPrivateKeyInfo, PKCS#12, or CMS structures and pass the scrypt N/r and PBKDF2 iteration count straight into key derivation without bounds checking. An attacker can exhaust the JVM heap (roughly 128*N*r bytes of scrypt memory) or pin a worker thread for extended periods with up to 2^31-1 PBKDF2 iterations, by submitting an encrypted private key, PKCS#12 file, or CMS message that declares large KDF cost parameters. The key derivation runs before any integrity or authenticity check, so exploitation only requires the application to attempt password-based decryption or PKCS12PfxPdu MAC verification of the attacker-supplied structure.