CVE-2026-63575 PUBLISHED

PKCS#12 key derivation loops about 2^32 times on a zero or negative iteration count

Assigner: bcorg
Reserved: 16.07.2026 Published: 02.10.2026 Updated: 02.10.2026

Loop with unreachable exit condition in the PKCS#12 key derivation (Pkcs12ParametersGenerator) in Legion of the Bouncy Castle Inc. bc-csharp before 2.7.0 allows an attacker who can supply a PKCS#12 (PFX) file, or a PKCS#8 encrypted private key that uses a PKCS#12 password-based encryption algorithm, to cause a denial of service through CPU exhaustion via an iteration count of zero or below, because the derivation loop ran until its counter equalled the count, so for such a count it wrapped through about 2^32 iterations before the MAC or the password could be checked. A 75-byte PFX file with a negative MacData iteration count kept Pkcs12Store.Load busy for many minutes.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CVSS Score: 7.1

Product Status

Vendor Legion of the Bouncy Castle Inc.
Product bc-csharp
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 0 to 2.7.0 (excl.)

Credits

  • Paweł Łukasik (https://github.com/pawlos) finder

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-835 Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') CWE

Impacts

  • Denial of Service (CPU exhaustion: the PKCS#12 key derivation runs about 2^32 iterations)