CVE-2025-8916

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.

CVSS

No CVSS.

References

Link	Resource
https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/wiki/CVE%E2%80%902025%E2%80%908916

Configurations

No configuration.

History

13 Aug 2025, 17:33

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Summary		(es) Vulnerabilidad de asignación de recursos sin límites o limitación en Legion of the Bouncy Castle Inc. Bouncy Castle para Java bcpkix, bcprov, bcpkix-fips en todos (módulos API) permite una asignación excesiva. Esta vulnerabilidad está asociada con los archivos de programa 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 . Este problema afecta a Bouncy Castle para Java: desde BC 1.44 hasta 1.78, desde BCPKIX FIPS 1.0.0 hasta 1.0.7, desde BCPKIX FIPS 2.0.0 hasta 2.0.7.

13 Aug 2025, 10:15

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2025-08-13 10:15

Updated : 2025-08-13 17:33

NVD link : CVE-2025-8916

Mitre link : CVE-2025-8916

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-8916

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Products Affected

No product.

CWE

CWE-770

Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

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