# CVE-2026-59648: OpenPGP Argon2 S2K honours attacker-chosen memory and passes

- Severity: CVSS 6.9 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/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, 1.0.13, 2.0.13, 2.1.13
- Published: 2026-08-03 · Updated: 2026-08-03

## Affected

- bcpg: from 1.71, fixed in 1.85
- bcpg-lts8on: from 2.73.0, fixed in 2.73.12
- bcpg-fips: from 1.0.6, fixed in 1.0.13; from 2.0.0, fixed in 2.0.13; from 2.1.0, fixed in 2.1.13

## Description

In Bouncy Castle for Java before 1.85, OpenPGP Argon2 S2K honours attacker-chosen memory and passes. This issue also affects Bouncy Castle for Java LTS before 2.73.12, and Bouncy Castle for Java FIPS (BC-FJA) before bcpg-fips 1.0.13 (1.0.X series), 2.0.13 (2.0.X series) and 2.1.13 (2.1.X series).

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on bcpg, bcpg-lts8on, bcpg-fips, upgrade to a fixed version (1.85, 2.73.12, 1.0.13, 2.0.13, 2.1.13) per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/wiki/CVE%E2%80%902026%E2%80%9059648
- https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/commit/c915cc3f7a8d58f5ea2f88f01dfef2d402dd0799

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