CVE-2025-8916: Bouncy Castle for Java bcpkix, bcprov, bcpkix-fips on All (API modules) allows Excessive Allocation
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Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling vulnerability in Legion of the Bouncy Castle Inc. Bouncy Castle for Java bcpkix, bcprov, 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/PKIXCertP… 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/PKIXCertPathRevi… https://github.Com/bcgit/bc-java/blob/main/prov/src/main/java/org/bouncycastle/x509/PKIXCertPathReviewer.java .
This issue affects Bouncy Castle for Java: from BC 1.44 through 1.78, from BCPKIX FIPS 1.0.0 through 1.0.7, from BCPKIX FIPS 2.0.0 through 2.0.7.
References
- cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-032379.html
- github.com/advisories/GHSA-4cx2-fc23-5wg6
- github.com/bcgit/bc-java/commit/310b30a4fbf36d13f6cc201ffa7771715641e67e
- github.com/bcgit/bc-java/commit/ff444a479942d88de64004dc82c3ee32a9e9075a
- github.com/bcgit/bc-java/wiki/CVE%E2%80%902025%E2%80%908916
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-8916
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