CVE-2026-63577
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Summary
Improper certificate validation in the directoryName name-constraint check (PkixNameConstraintValidator.WithinDNSubtree) in Legion of the Bouncy Castle Inc. bc-csharp before 2.7.0 allows an attacker who controls, or can have certificates issued by, a name-constrained intermediate CA to get certificates accepted by PKIX path validation whose subject distinguished name, or a directoryName subjectAltName, lies outside the CA's permitted subtrees, via a name that places other RDNs ahead of a copy of the permitted RDN sequence, because the check looks for the constraint's first RDN anywhere in the name and compares the remaining RDNs from that position, instead of requiring the constraint to be an initial prefix of the name as RFC 5280 sections 4.2.1.10 and 7.1 require.
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Version Range | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Legion of the Bouncy Castle Inc. | bc-csharp | 0 < 2.7.0 | affected |
Weaknesses
- CWE-295: CWE-295 Improper Certificate Validation
References
- https://github.com/bcgit/bc-csharp/wiki/CVE-2026-63577
- https://github.com/bcgit/bc-csharp/commit/606e9153b97a265c70ca8293d21ec859344d7de8
- https://github.com/bcgit/bc-csharp/commit/75c3c576602886180ed92a63c89419e3bd63b392
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