CVE catalog
CVE-2018-1000613
bouncycastle: CVE-2018-1000613
- Severity
- Medium · CVSS 4.9
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L - Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 4.77% · Oct 25, 2026
Legion of the Bouncy Castle Legion of the Bouncy Castle Java Cryptography APIs 1.58 up to but not including 1.60 contains a CWE-470: Use of Externally-Controlled Input to Select Classes or Code ('Unsafe Reflection') vulnerability in XMSS/XMSS^MT private key deserialization that can result in Deserializing an XMSS/XMSS^MT private key can result in the execution of unexpected code. This attack appear to be exploitable via A handcrafted private key can include references to unexpected classes which will be picked up from the class path for the executing application. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 1.60 and later.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | bouncycastle | sid | 1.86.2-1 | fixed |
| Debian | bouncycastle | forky | 1.86-1 | fixed |
| Debian | bouncycastle | trixie | 1.80-3 | fixed |
| Debian | bouncycastle | bookworm | 1.72-2 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | bouncycastle | pro | 1.57-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | bouncycastle | pro | 1.58-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | bouncycastle | pro | 1.59-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | bouncycastle | pro | 1.59-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 | vulnerable |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | bouncycastle | source | sid | 1.60-1 | low | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | bouncycastle | source | forky | 1.60-1 | low | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | bouncycastle | source | trixie | 1.60-1 | low | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | bouncycastle | source | bookworm | 1.60-1 | low | Not reported | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]
- [libbcjmail-java]Fixed
Source package: [bouncycastle]
Details (2)
1.72-2· all · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1.60-1dsa · bouncycastle · debian · bookworm; dsa · bouncycastle · debian · 12
1.72-2· all · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1.60-1dsa · bouncycastle · debian · bookworm; dsa · bouncycastle · debian · 12
- [libbcmail-java]Fixed
Source package: [bouncycastle]
Details (2)
1.72-2· all · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1.60-1dsa · bouncycastle · debian · bookworm; dsa · bouncycastle · debian · 12
1.72-2· all · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1.60-1dsa · bouncycastle · debian · bookworm; dsa · bouncycastle · debian · 12
- [libbcpg-java]Fixed
Source package: [bouncycastle]
Details (2)
1.72-2· all · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1.60-1dsa · bouncycastle · debian · bookworm; dsa · bouncycastle · debian · 12
1.72-2· all · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1.60-1dsa · bouncycastle · debian · bookworm; dsa · bouncycastle · debian · 12
- [libbcpkix-java]Fixed
Source package: [bouncycastle]
Details (2)
1.72-2· all · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1.60-1dsa · bouncycastle · debian · bookworm; dsa · bouncycastle · debian · 12
1.72-2· all · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1.60-1dsa · bouncycastle · debian · bookworm; dsa · bouncycastle · debian · 12
- [libbcprov-java]Fixed
Source package: [bouncycastle]
Details (2)
1.72-2· all · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1.60-1dsa · bouncycastle · debian · bookworm; dsa · bouncycastle · debian · 12
1.72-2· all · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1.60-1dsa · bouncycastle · debian · bookworm; dsa · bouncycastle · debian · 12
- [libbctls-java]Fixed
Source package: [bouncycastle]
Details (2)
1.72-2· all · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1.60-1dsa · bouncycastle · debian · bookworm; dsa · bouncycastle · debian · 12
1.72-2· all · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1.60-1dsa · bouncycastle · debian · bookworm; dsa · bouncycastle · debian · 12
- [libbcutil-java]Fixed
Source package: [bouncycastle]
Details (2)
1.72-2· all · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1.60-1dsa · bouncycastle · debian · bookworm; dsa · bouncycastle · debian · 12
1.72-2· all · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1.60-1dsa · bouncycastle · debian · bookworm; dsa · bouncycastle · debian · 12
[Debian 13 (Trixie)]
- [libbcjmail-java]Fixed
Source package: [bouncycastle]
Details (2)
1.80-3· all · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1.60-1dsa · bouncycastle · debian · 13
1.80-3· all · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1.60-1dsa · bouncycastle · debian · 13
- [libbcmail-java]Fixed
Source package: [bouncycastle]
Details (2)
1.80-3· all · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1.60-1dsa · bouncycastle · debian · 13
1.80-3· all · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1.60-1dsa · bouncycastle · debian · 13
- [libbcpg-java]Fixed
Source package: [bouncycastle]
Details (2)
1.80-3· all · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1.60-1dsa · bouncycastle · debian · 13
1.80-3· all · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1.60-1dsa · bouncycastle · debian · 13
- [libbcpkix-java]Fixed
Source package: [bouncycastle]
Details (2)
1.80-3· all · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1.60-1dsa · bouncycastle · debian · 13
1.80-3· all · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1.60-1dsa · bouncycastle · debian · 13
- [libbcprov-java]Fixed
Source package: [bouncycastle]
Details (2)
1.80-3· all · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1.60-1dsa · bouncycastle · debian · 13
1.80-3· all · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1.60-1dsa · bouncycastle · debian · 13
- [libbctls-java]Fixed
Source package: [bouncycastle]
Details (2)
1.80-3· all · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1.60-1dsa · bouncycastle · debian · 13
1.80-3· all · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1.60-1dsa · bouncycastle · debian · 13
- [libbcutil-java]Fixed
Source package: [bouncycastle]
Details (2)
1.80-3· all · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1.60-1dsa · bouncycastle · debian · 13
1.80-3· all · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1.60-1dsa · bouncycastle · debian · 13
Observed:
References
- [https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf/opensuse-su-2020_0607-1.json]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-1000613]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-1000613]
- [https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-1000613]
- [https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2018/cve-2018-1000613.json]
- [https://wid.cert-bund.de/.well-known/csaf/white/2019/wid-sec-w-2024-1682.json]
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