CVE-2026-63570

Pkcs12Store.GetCertificateChain loops forever on cyclic issuer links

State
Published
Severity
7.1 High
Published
Oct 2, 2026
Updated
Oct 2, 2026
Reserved
Jul 16, 2026

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Description

Loop with unreachable exit condition in Pkcs12Store.GetCertificateChain in Legion of the Bouncy Castle Inc. bc-csharp before 2.7.0 allows an attacker who can supply a crafted PKCS#12 file to an application that loads it and requests a key entry's certificate chain to cause a denial of service, in which the call never returns and consumes CPU and memory until an OutOfMemoryException, via certificates whose issuer links form a cycle, for example two certificates whose AuthorityKeyIdentifier extensions each identify the other's public key. This happens because the chain-building loop stops only when no issuer is found or a certificate links to itself, and keeps no record of certificates already visited. The key-identifier links are followed without checking signatures.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
4.07.1 HighCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:Nbcorg

Weaknesses

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

Affected Products

ProductVersions
bc-csharpLegion of the Bouncy Castle Inc.
  • before 2.7.0Affected

References

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