CVE-2026-63572
Allocation of resources without limits in PKCS#12 keystore loading (Pkcs12Store.Load) in Legion of the Bouncy Castle Inc. bc-csharp before 2.7.0 allows an attacker who can supply a PKCS#12 (PFX) file to cause a denial of service through CPU exhaustion…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.33%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Allocation of resources without limits in PKCS#12 keystore loading (Pkcs12Store.Load) in Legion of the Bouncy Castle Inc. bc-csharp before 2.7.0 allows an attacker who can supply a PKCS#12 (PFX) file to cause a denial of service through CPU exhaustion via an iteration count close to 2^31 in the file's MacData or in the PBE parameters of an encrypted SafeContents or shrouded key bag, because the counts are taken from the file without an upper bound and the key derivation runs before the MAC or the password can be checked. A zero or negative count is covered by CVE-2026-63575. Pkcs12Utilities.ConvertToDefiniteLength is also affected.
- CVSS 4.0
- 7.1 HIGHCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/M
- EPSS
- 0.33% probability · 26th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-770
- Source
- 91579145-5d7b-4cc5-b925-a0262ff19630
EPSS moved from 0.3% on 2 October 2026 to 0.3% on 26 October 2026.
References
- https://github.com/bcgit/bc-csharp/commit/34a7c05f719c91c024f285c6b420d3c00f8019dd
- https://github.com/bcgit/bc-csharp/commit/54ea0b179ee627027829b44c45d6dd32e575bd67
- https://github.com/bcgit/bc-csharp/commit/7c0ed15f9783c9595b1a53f3900136461fd944f4
- https://github.com/bcgit/bc-csharp/commit/b57165ecb7790ecea08273b219d52d80c12990e4
- https://github.com/bcgit/bc-csharp/commit/c00fc018fca89c077c64dd2a2a2eb00ae7d97241
- https://github.com/bcgit/bc-csharp/wiki/CVE-2026-63572
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.