{ "dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.2", "cveMetadata": { "cveId": "CVE-2026-63567", "assignerOrgId": "91579145-5d7b-4cc5-b925-a0262ff19630", "state": "PUBLISHED", "assignerShortName": "bcorg", "dateReserved": "2026-07-16T23:48:46.076Z", "datePublished": "2026-10-02T06:58:32.487Z", "dateUpdated": "2026-10-02T18:09:54.933Z" }, "containers": { "cna": { "providerMetadata": { "orgId": "91579145-5d7b-4cc5-b925-a0262ff19630", "shortName": "bcorg", "dateUpdated": "2026-10-02T06:58:32.487Z" }, "title": "IesEngine block-cipher mode checks padding before MAC (CBC padding oracle)", "problemTypes": [ { "descriptions": [ { "lang": "en", "cweId": "CWE-203", "description": "CWE-203 Observable Discrepancy", "type": "CWE" } ] } ], "impacts": [ { "descriptions": [ { "lang": "en", "value": "Confidentiality: recovery of IES/ECIES plaintext via a chosen-ciphertext padding oracle" } ] } ], "affected": [ { "vendor": "Legion of the Bouncy Castle Inc.", "product": "bc-csharp", "collectionURL": "https://www.nuget.org/packages/BouncyCastle.Cryptography", "packageName": "BouncyCastle.Cryptography", "repo": "https://github.com/bcgit/bc-csharp", "programFiles": [ "crypto/src/crypto/engines/IesEngine.cs" ], "versions": [ { "status": "affected", "version": "0", "lessThan": "2.7.0", "versionType": "semver" } ], "defaultStatus": "unaffected" } ], "descriptions": [ { "lang": "en", "value": "Observable discrepancy in IesEngine.DecryptBlock in Legion of the Bouncy Castle Inc. bc-csharp before 2.7.0 allows a remote attacker who has captured an IES or ECIES ciphertext, and who can submit modified ciphertexts for decryption under the same key pair, to recover its plaintext via a CBC padding-oracle attack, because in block-cipher mode the engine decrypts the ciphertext and removes its padding before verifying the MAC. A padding failure is therefore reported with a different error message, and without the MAC computation, compared with a MAC failure. Only applications that construct IesEngine directly with a padded block cipher, such as AES in CBC mode with PKCS#7 padding, are affected; stream-mode IES is not.", "supportingMedia": [ { "type": "text/html", "base64": false, "value": "Observable discrepancy in IesEngine.DecryptBlock in Legion of the Bouncy Castle Inc. bc-csharp before 2.7.0 allows a remote attacker who has captured an IES or ECIES ciphertext, and who can submit modified ciphertexts for decryption under the same key pair, to recover its plaintext via a CBC padding-oracle attack, because in block-cipher mode the engine decrypts the ciphertext and removes its padding before verifying the MAC. A padding failure is therefore reported with a different error message, and without the MAC computation, compared with a MAC failure. Only applications that construct IesEngine directly with a padded block cipher, such as AES in CBC mode with PKCS#7 padding, are affected; stream-mode IES is not." } ] } ], "references": [ { "url": "https://github.com/bcgit/bc-csharp/wiki/CVE-2026-63567", "tags": [ "vendor-advisory" ] }, { "url": "https://github.com/bcgit/bc-csharp/commit/f881400b761134160ec2a05fd27c3e569453788d", "tags": [ "patch" ] }, { "url": "https://github.com/bcgit/bc-csharp/commit/eaa42e1e8125b3e2e25e365c4194c7cd5932360b", "tags": [ "patch" ] } ], "metrics": [ { "format": "CVSS", "scenarios": [ { "lang": "en", "value": "GENERAL" } ], "cvssV4_0": { "attackVector": "NETWORK", "attackComplexity": "LOW", "attackRequirements": "PRESENT", "privilegesRequired": "NONE", "userInteraction": "NONE", "vulnConfidentialityImpact": "HIGH", "subConfidentialityImpact": "NONE", "vulnIntegrityImpact": "NONE", "subIntegrityImpact": "NONE", "vulnAvailabilityImpact": "NONE", "subAvailabilityImpact": "NONE", "exploitMaturity": "NOT_DEFINED", "Safety": "NOT_DEFINED", "Automatable": "NOT_DEFINED", "Recovery": "NOT_DEFINED", "valueDensity": "NOT_DEFINED", "vulnerabilityResponseEffort": "NOT_DEFINED", "providerUrgency": "NOT_DEFINED", "version": "4.0", "baseSeverity": "HIGH", "baseScore": 8.2, "vectorString": "CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N" } } ], "credits": [ { "lang": "en", "value": "Discovered by Claude, Anthropic's AI assistant, and triaged by the Anthropic security team in collaboration with Anthropic Research.", "type": "finder" } ], "source": { "discovery": "EXTERNAL" }, "x_generator": { "engine": "Claude Opus 5.5" }, "x_antReportIds": [ "ANT-2026-J7SXX2NS", "ANT-2026-SNRMZ9MS" ] }, "adp": [ { "metrics": [ { "other": { "type": "ssvc", "content": { "timestamp": "2026-10-02T18:09:42.725922Z", "id": "CVE-2026-63567", "options": [ { "Exploitation": "none" }, { "Automatable": "no" }, { "Technical Impact": "partial" } ], "role": "CISA Coordinator", "version": "2.0.3" } } } ], "title": "CISA ADP Vulnrichment", "providerMetadata": { "orgId": "134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0", "shortName": "CISA-ADP", "dateUpdated": "2026-10-02T18:09:54.933Z" } } ] } }