# CVE-2026-13586: PKCS#12 MAC and bag-decryption KDF iteration-count bound (DoS)

- Severity: CVSS 5.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/U:Amber
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.85, 2.73.12, 1.0.2.7, 2.0.2, 2.1.3
- Published: 2026-08-03 · Updated: 2026-08-03

## Affected

- bcprov: fixed in 1.85
- bcprov-lts8on: from 2.73.0, fixed in 2.73.12
- bc-fips: from 1.0.0, fixed in 1.0.2.7; from 2.0.0, fixed in 2.0.2; from 2.1.0, fixed in 2.1.3

## Description

In Bouncy Castle for Java before 1.85, PKCS#12 MAC and bag-decryption KDF iteration-count bound (DoS). This issue also affects Bouncy Castle for Java LTS before 2.73.12, and Bouncy Castle for Java FIPS (BC-FJA) before bc-fips 1.0.2.7 (1.0.X series), 2.0.2 (2.0.X series) and 2.1.3 (2.1.X series).

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on bcprov, bcprov-lts8on, bc-fips, upgrade to a fixed version (1.85, 2.73.12, 1.0.2.7, 2.0.2, 2.1.3) per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/wiki/CVE%E2%80%902026%E2%80%9013586
- https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/commit/fa59cc23502f73def89d94374540cc92af647b96
- https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/commit/75d60dfb4ca72bea6da96234138bc9b1556ef5b0

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