CVE-2025-8916
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.
| Software | From | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
org.bouncycastle / bcpkix-jdk15on
|
1.44 | 1.79 |
|
org.bouncycastle / bcpkix-jdk15to18
|
1.44 | 1.79 |
|
org.bouncycastle / bcpkix-jdk18on
|
1.44 | 1.79 |
|
org.bouncycastle / bcpkix-fips
|
1.0.0 | 1.0.8 |
|
org.bouncycastle / bcpkix-fips
|
2.0.0 | 2.0.8 |
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