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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD8.7 High

CVE-2026-59641

S/MIME validator trusts signer-asserted signingTime for path validation

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Status
Published
Published
Updated
Assigning organization
bcorg

Description

In Bouncy Castle for Java before 1.85, S/MIME validator trusts signer-asserted signingTime for path validation. This issue also affects Bouncy Castle for Java LTS before 2.73.12, and Bouncy Castle for Java FIPS (BC-FJA) before bcmail-fips and bcjmail-fips 1.0.7 (1.0.X series), 2.0.7 (2.0.X series) and 2.1.7 (2.1.X series).

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

Legion of the Bouncy Castle Inc. BC-JAVA

Default version status: unaffected

  • 0 to < 1.85affected
pkg:maven/org.bouncycastle/bcmail-jdk18on

Legion of the Bouncy Castle Inc. BC-LTS-JAVA

Default version status: unaffected

  • 2.73.0 to < 2.73.12affected
pkg:maven/org.bouncycastle/bcmail-lts8on

Legion of the Bouncy Castle Inc. BC-FJA

Default version status: unaffected

  • 1.0.0 to < 1.0.7affected
  • 2.0.0 to < 2.0.7affected
  • 2.1.0 to < 2.1.7affected
pkg:maven/org.bouncycastle/bcmail-fips

Legion of the Bouncy Castle Inc. BC-FJA

Default version status: unaffected

  • 1.0.4 to < 1.0.7affected
  • 2.0.0 to < 2.0.7affected
  • 2.1.0 to < 2.1.7affected
pkg:maven/org.bouncycastle/bcjmail-fips

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