CVE-2025-8916
Essential information
- Published
- 13/08/2025 10:15
- Modified
- 13/08/2025 17:33
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- CVSS
- 6.3 MEDIUM (v3) 6.3 MEDIUM (v4.0)
- CISA KEV
- No
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- CVSS vector
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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
CVSS metrics
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- Confidentiality impact
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- Attack vector
- NETWORK
- Attack complexity
- LOW
- Attack requirements
- PRESENT
- Privileges required
- NONE
- User interaction
- NONE
- Confidentiality (V)
- NONE
- Confidentiality (S)
- NONE
- Integrity (V)
- NONE
- Integrity (S)
- NONE
- Availability (V)
- LOW
- Availability (S)
- NONE
- Exploit maturity
- NOT_DEFINED
Description
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.
NVD status
- Status
- Awaiting Analysis — CVE has been recently published to the CVE List and has been received by the NVD.
- Source
- 91579145-5d7b-4cc5-b925-a0262ff19630
- NVD
- View on NVD
Affected products (CPE)
| Product | CPE |
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| legion of the bouncy castle inc / bouncy castle for java | cpe:2.3:a:legion_of_the_bouncy_castle_inc:bouncy_castle_for_java:1.44-1.78:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| legion of the bouncy castle inc / bcpkix fips | cpe:2.3:a:legion_of_the_bouncy_castle_inc:bcpkix_fips:1.0.0-1.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| legion of the bouncy castle inc / bcpkix fips | cpe:2.3:a:legion_of_the_bouncy_castle_inc:bcpkix_fips:2.0.0-2.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |