CVE-2025-8916

MEDIUM EPSS 34.4%
Published Aug 13, 202510mo ago · Modified Jun 17, 20262w ago
6.3 CVSS 4.0
Medium
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Published Aug 13, 2025 10mo ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 2w ago

Description

Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling vulnerability in Legion of the Bouncy Castle Inc. BC Java bcpkix on All (API modules), Legion of the Bouncy Castle Inc. BC Java bcprov on All (API modules), Legion of the Bouncy Castle Inc. BCPKIX FIPS bcpkix-fips on All (API modules) allows Excessive Allocation. This vulnerability is associated with program files https://github.Com/bcgit/bc-java/blob/main/pkix/src/main/java/org/bouncycastle/pkix/jcajce/PKIXCertPathReviewer.Java, https://github.Com/bcgit/bc-java/blob/main/prov/src/main/java/org/bouncycastle/x509/PKIXCertPathReviewer.Java. This issue affects BC Java: from 1.44 through 1.78; BC Java: from 1.44 through 1.78; BCPKIX FIPS: from 1.0.0 through 1.0.7, from 2.0.0 through 2.0.7.

CVSS Details

Base Score
6.3
Exploitability
—
Impact
—
Vector string
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:P/AU:X/R:U/V:X/RE:M/U:Amber
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope P

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
34.4% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
No Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-770

References 2

  • cert-portal.siemens.com https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-032379.html
  • github.com https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/wiki/CVE%E2%80%902025%E2%80%908916

Remediation

No remediation data recorded yet

Check vendor advisories and the NVD entry for patch availability.