Bouncy Castle has a vulnerability in program files gcm128w, gcm512w — CVE-2026-8149

Summary

A vulnerability in Legion of the Bouncy Castle Inc. BC-FJA BC-FIPS on Linux, X86_64, AVX, AVX-512f. This vulnerability is associated with program files gcm128w, gcm512w. This issue affects BC-FJA: from 2.1.0 through 2.1.2.

Product

maven: org.bouncycastle:bc-fips

What to do

General, cautious steps (verify details in the official source):

• Review exposure and plan remediation based on risk and environment.
• Identify affected product versions in your inventory and verify whether you are impacted.
• Apply vendor patches/updates or recommended mitigations as soon as available.
• Read the official advisory for exact affected versions and remediation steps.

Official advisory

• Read the official source
• CVE Record
• NVD

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