CVE-2026-63577

Name Constraints bypass: directoryName constraint matched at any position in the DN instead of as a prefix

Published Oct 2, 2026 CVSS 4.0 · 8.2 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
Improper certificate validation in the directoryName name-constraint check (PkixNameConstraintValidator.WithinDNSubtree) in Legion of the Bouncy Castle Inc. bc-csharp before 2.7.0 allows an attacker who controls, or can have certificates issued by, a name-constrained intermediate CA to get certificates accepted by PKIX path validation whose subject distinguished name, or a directoryName subjectAltName, lies outside the CA's permitted subtrees, via a name that places other RDNs ahead of a copy of the permitted RDN sequence, because the check looks for the constraint's first RDN anywhere in the name and compares the remaining RDNs from that position, instead of requiring the constraint to be an initial prefix of the name as RFC 5280 sections 4.2.1.10 and 7.1 require.

Remediation

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History
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Bouncycastle
Bouncycastle bc-csharp
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:bouncycastle:bc-csharp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Bouncycastle
Bouncycastle bc-csharp
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Legion Of The Bouncy Castle Inc.
Legion Of The Bouncy Castle Inc. bc-csharp
Vendors & Products Legion Of The Bouncy Castle Inc.
Legion Of The Bouncy Castle Inc. bc-csharp
Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Improper certificate validation in the directoryName name-constraint check (PkixNameConstraintValidator.WithinDNSubtree) in Legion of the Bouncy Castle Inc. bc-csharp before 2.7.0 allows an attacker who controls, or can have certificates issued by, a name-constrained intermediate CA to get certificates accepted by PKIX path validation whose subject distinguished name, or a directoryName subjectAltName, lies outside the CA's permitted subtrees, via a name that places other RDNs ahead of a copy of the permitted RDN sequence, because the check looks for the constraint's first RDN anywhere in the name and compares the remaining RDNs from that position, instead of requiring the constraint to be an initial prefix of the name as RFC 5280 sections 4.2.1.10 and 7.1 require.
Title Name Constraints bypass: directoryName constraint matched at any position in the DN instead of as a prefix
Weaknesses CWE-295
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 8.2, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}

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Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
bcorg
Published
Updated
Oct 6, 2026, 7:31 PM
Reserved
Jul 16, 2026, 11:51 PM
Status
Analyzed
Published
Oct 2, 2026, 8:17 AM
Modified
Oct 28, 2026, 2:37 PM