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CcmBlockCipher and KCcmBlockCipher leave unverified plaintext in the output buffer after a failed tag check

Priority LOW 35CWE-354Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Attack requirements
Present
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · None · None
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

Release of unverified plaintext in the CCM (CcmBlockCipher) and DSTU 7624 CCM (KCcmBlockCipher) AEAD modes in Legion of the Bouncy Castle Inc. bc-csharp before 2.7.0 allows a remote attacker to obtain decryptions of ciphertexts of their choosing via forged messages sent to an application that lets the output buffer of a failed decryption be observed, for example through buffer reuse or logging, because decryption wrote the recovered plaintext into the caller-supplied output buffer before checking the authentication tag and left it there when the check failed. Only decryption into a caller-supplied buffer is affected; methods that return a newly allocated array are not.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00295 22nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed bc-csharp (Legion of the Bouncy Castle Inc.): 2.7.0

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
Legion of the Bouncy Castle Inc.bc-csharpbefore 2.7.02.7.0Patch availableCNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:bouncycastle:bc-csharp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 2.7.0VulnerableLegion of the Bouncy Castle Inc.

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA bc-csharp (Legion of the Bouncy Castle Inc.) Fixed in 2.7.0

Fixed in the same release

Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.

  • Release ·

    Legion of the Bouncy Castle bc-csharp 2.7.0

    21 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 8 MEDIUM, 13 LOW

    Other records, highest priority first

    • TI-2026-65844 MTI/A0 DHAgreement does not validate the peer's ephemeral valuePriority MEDIUM 47
    • TI-2026-66020 Unbounded HSS public key level count allows huge array allocation during signature verificationPriority MEDIUM 44
    • TI-2026-66017 Unbounded ASN.1 nesting depth causes process-terminating stack overflowPriority MEDIUM 44

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-103601
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-v84x-v65q-m82v
  3. 2026-10-28 CVSS score added · NVD

References

  • TI-2026-65844 MTI/A0 DHAgreement does not validate the peer's ephemeral value CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.1
  • TI-2026-66020 Unbounded HSS public key level count allows huge array allocation during signature verification CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
  • TI-2026-66017 Unbounded ASN.1 nesting depth causes process-terminating stack overflow CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
  • TI-2026-65849 Unbounded allocation from OpenPGP signature and user attribute subpacket lengths CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
  • TI-2026-65843 Unbounded CMP/CRMF password-based MAC iteration count allows CPU exhaustion CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
  • TI-2026-65841 DTLS handshake reassembler allocates buffer from unchecked 24-bit length CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
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