BC-JAVA bcpg <=1.83 UNBOUND PGP AEAD CHUNK Resource Exhaustion
CVE-2026-3505 Published on April 15, 2026

Unbounded PGP AEAD chunk size leads to pre-auth resource exhaustion.
Allocation of resources without limits or throttling, Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability in Legion of the Bouncy Castle Inc. BC-JAVA bcpg on all (pg modules). This vulnerability is associated with program files AEADEncDataPacket.Java, BcAEADUtil.Java, JceAEADUtil.Java, OperatorHelper.Java. This issue affects BC-JAVA: from 1.74 before 1.80.2, from 1.81 before 1.81.1, from 1.82 before 1.84.

Vendor Advisory NVD

Vulnerability Analysis

CVE-2026-3505 can be exploited with network access, and does not require authorization privileges or user interaction. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have no impact on confidentiality and integrity, and a high impact on availability.

Attack Vector:
NETWORK
Attack Complexity:
LOW
Privileges Required:
NONE
User Interaction:
NONE
Scope:
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact:
NONE
Integrity Impact:
NONE
Availability Impact:
HIGH

Weakness Types

Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

The software allocates a reusable resource or group of resources on behalf of an actor without imposing any restrictions on the size or number of resources that can be allocated, in violation of the intended security policy for that actor.

What is a Resource Exhaustion Vulnerability?

The software does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource, thereby enabling an actor to influence the amount of resources consumed, eventually leading to the exhaustion of available resources.

CVE-2026-3505 has been classified to as a Resource Exhaustion vulnerability or weakness.


Products Associated with CVE-2026-3505

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Bouncycastle Bc Java
 
Red Hat Jboss Enterprise Application Platform
 
Red Hat Apache Camel Quarkus
 
Red Hat Apache Camel Spring Boot
 
Red Hat Ocp Tools
 
Red Hat Amq Clients
 
Red Hat Camel Quarkus
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
 
Red Hat Jboss Fuse
 
Red Hat Jboss Enterprise Bpms Platform
 
Red Hat Single Sign On
 
Red Hat Jboss Data Grid
 
Red Hat Jbosseapxp
 
Red Hat Satellite
 
Red Hat Amq Streams
 

Affected Versions

Legion of the Bouncy Castle Inc. BC-JAVA: Red Hat Build of Apache Camel 4.14 for Quarkus 3.27: Red Hat build of Apache Camel 4.18.1 for Spring Boot 3.5.14: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 8.1: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 8.1: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 8.1: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 8.1 for RHEL 8: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 8.1 for RHEL 9: Red Hat OpenShift Developer Tools and Services: Red Hat OpenShift Developer Tools and Services: Red Hat OpenShift Developer Tools and Services: Red Hat OpenShift Developer Tools and Services: Red Hat AMQ Clients: Red Hat build of Apache Camel 4 for Quarkus 3: Red Hat Data Grid 8: Red Hat Data Grid 8: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9: Red Hat Fuse 7: Red Hat Fuse 7: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform Expansion Pack: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform Expansion Pack: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform Expansion Pack: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform Expansion Pack: Red Hat Process Automation 7: Red Hat Satellite 6: Red Hat Satellite 6: Red Hat Single Sign-On 7: Red Hat streams for Apache Kafka 2: Red Hat streams for Apache Kafka 3:

Exploit Probability

EPSS
0.41%
Percentile
32.89%

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