CVE-2020-26939

MEDIUM
5.3
CVSS Score
Published: November 2, 2020 at 10:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:08 AM UTC
2 products affected across 1 vendorFips Java APILegion of the Bouncy Castle

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Severity
MEDIUM5.3
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.9%

Description

In Legion of the Bouncy Castle BC before 1.61 and BC-FJA before 1.0.1.2, attackers can obtain sensitive information about a private exponent because of Observable Differences in Behavior to Error Inputs. This occurs in org.bouncycastle.crypto.encodings.OAEPEncoding. Sending invalid ciphertext that decrypts to a short payload in the OAEP Decoder could result in the throwing of an early exception, potentially leaking some information about the private exponent of the RSA private key performing the encryption.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 1.0.1.2
Affected range stops below 1.0.1.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
v < 1.61
Affected range stops below 1.61, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

CVSS

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
LOW
Integrity
NONE
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-203

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