Vulnerability in Bouncycastle Bc-java

CVE-2023-33201

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…

Vulnerability class: Improper Certificate Validation

EPSS: 0.008 (51.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-33201?
CVE-2023-33201 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Bouncycastle Bc-java, classified under Improper Certificate Validation. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2023-07-05.
How severe is CVE-2023-33201?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.
Is CVE-2023-33201 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.