LDAP injection in Bouncy Castle for Java and Bouncy Castle for Java LTS - CVE-2026-59652

 

LDAP injection in Bouncy Castle for Java and Bouncy Castle for Java LTS - CVE-2026-59652

Published: August 31, 2026


Vulnerability identifier: #VU146466
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-59652
CWE-ID: CWE-90
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to inject arbitrary LDAP filter elements.

The vulnerability exists due to LDAP injection in the legacy jdk1.4 LDAPStoreHelper when constructing LDAP filters from untrusted input. A remote attacker can supply crafted input to inject arbitrary LDAP filter elements.


Affected software

Bouncy Castle for Java
Bouncy Castle for Java LTS
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
Development Tools Module
bouncycastle-pkix
bouncycastle
bouncycastle-pg
bouncycastle-util

How to mitigate CVE-2026-59652

Install security update from vendor's website.

Bouncy Castle for Java - update to 1.85
Bouncy Castle for Java LTS - update to 2.73.12
bouncycastle-pkix - update to 1.85-150200.3.38.1
bouncycastle - update to 1.85-150200.3.38.1
bouncycastle-pg - update to 1.85-150200.3.38.1
bouncycastle-util - update to 1.85-150200.3.38.1

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