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CVE-2026-16001

7.5, high

Exposure of the message authentication key through the encryption keystream in the stream mode of IesEngine (an IesEngine constructed…

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CVSS
7.5, high high CVSS v3.1
EPSS, next 30 days
0.2% higher than 8.8% of scored CVEs
Exploitation
No public evidence
Published
2 Oct 202626 days ago

Description

Exposure of the message authentication key through the encryption keystream in the stream mode of IesEngine (an IesEngine constructed without a block cipher) in Legion of the Bouncy Castle Inc. bc-csharp before 2.7.0 allows a remote attacker who has observed one encrypted message with known plaintext to forge shorter messages of their choosing that the recipient accepts as authentic, via a crafted ciphertext and MAC tag, because the MAC key was taken from the key derivation output directly after a keystream as long as the message, while the derivation input depends only on the static key pair and fixed parameters. The keystream revealed by that one message therefore contains the MAC key for every sufficiently shorter message.

Details

Vendor
Legion of the Bouncy Castle Inc.
Product
bc-csharp
Weakness
CWE-354 (opens in a new tab)
Status
Analyzed
Updated
27 Oct 2026
Assigner
91579145-5d7b-4cc5-b925-a0262ff19630

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

References 2

Patches and fixes 2

The kind is read from NVD's tags where present and from the shape of the URL otherwise, so treat it as a hint.

Other Legion of the Bouncy Castle Inc. CVEs

Every Legion of the Bouncy Castle Inc. CVE we hold

Same vendor in what we hold, not a known link between the flaws.

  • CVE-2026-17507 In Bouncy Castle for Java before 1.86, the MLS implementation (org.bouncycastle.mls) holds RFC 9420's uint32 leaf_index in a signed int,… EPSS 0.4% 7.5, high
  • CVE-2026-15999 Improper validation of integrity check value in the AES-CCM implementation (CcmParameters and CcmBlockCipher) in Legion of the Bouncy… EPSS 0.3% 7.5, high
  • CVE-2026-16000 Missing cryptographic step in the DSTU 7624 CCM mode implementation (KCcmBlockCipher) in Legion of the Bouncy Castle Inc EPSS 0.3% 7.5, high
  • CVE-2026-63566 Memory allocation with excessive size value in the DTLS handshake reassembly (DtlsReliableHandshake, DtlsReassembler) in Legion of the… EPSS 0.4% 7.5, high
  • CVE-2026-63567 Observable discrepancy in IesEngine.DecryptBlock in Legion of the Bouncy Castle Inc EPSS 0.5% 7.5, high
  • CVE-2026-63568 Legion of the Bouncy Castle Inc. bc-csharp Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling Vulnerability EPSS 0.3% 7.5, high

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Assembled from the NVD 2.0 API, the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog and FIRST EPSS. Scores are as of our last collection on 28 Oct 2026, not the live upstream state.