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CVE-2023-33201

Bouncy Castle For Java before 1.74 is affected by an LDAP injection vulnerability. The vulnerability only affects applic

Bouncy Castle For Java before 1.74 is affected by an LDAP injection vulnerability. The vulnerability only affects applications that use an LDAP CertStore from Bouncy Castle to validate X.509 certificates. During the certificate validation process, Bouncy Castle inserts the certificate's Subject Name into an LDAP search filter without any escaping, which leads to an LDAP injection vulnerability.

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.3 EPSS 0.00326
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Weakness Classification

CWE-295Improper Certificate Validation
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Affected Products & Versions

1
bouncycastle bc-java< 1.74
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Affected Packages

12
Language-ecosystem packages (from OSV) tied to this CVE, with the version that fixes it - the dependency-level detail NVD doesn’t carry.
Maven org.bouncycastle:bcprov-debug-jdk14 MODERATE fixed in 1.74
Maven org.bouncycastle:bcprov-debug-jdk15on MODERATE
Maven org.bouncycastle:bcprov-debug-jdk15to18 MODERATE fixed in 1.74
Maven org.bouncycastle:bcprov-debug-jdk18on MODERATE fixed in 1.74
Maven org.bouncycastle:bcprov-ext-jdk14 MODERATE fixed in 1.74
Maven org.bouncycastle:bcprov-ext-jdk15on MODERATE
Maven org.bouncycastle:bcprov-ext-jdk15to18 MODERATE fixed in 1.74
Maven org.bouncycastle:bcprov-ext-jdk18on MODERATE fixed in 1.74
Maven org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk14 MODERATE fixed in 1.74
Maven org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk15on MODERATE
Maven org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk15to18 MODERATE fixed in 1.74
Maven org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk18on MODERATE fixed in 1.74
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Scoring & Timeline

5.3
MEDIUM · CVSS v3.1 · cve@mitre.org
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Attack Vector
Network Adjacent Local Physical
Attack Complexity
Low High
Privileges Required
None Low High
User Interaction
None Required
Scope
Unchanged Changed
Confidentiality
None Low High
Integrity
None Low High
Availability
None Low High
Published to NVD05 Jul 2023 · 03:15 AM
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
SSVC triage · cisa-vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
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Vendor Advisories

21
usnUSN-8108-1
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:13016-1
rhsaRHSA-2024:1353Moderate
rhsaRHSA-2024:3527Moderate
rhsaRHSA-2023:7678Moderate
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References & Sources

5
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
https://bouncycastle.orgProduct
https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/commit/e8c409a8389c815ea3fda5e8b94c92fdfe583bccPatch
https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/wiki/CVE-2023-33201Vendor Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/08/msg00000.html
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230824-0008/
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