Riskcovery

CVE-2025-8916

Possible DOS in processing large name constraint structures in PKIXCertPathReveiwer

State
Published
Severity
6.3 Medium
Published
Aug 13, 2025
Updated
May 12, 2026
Reserved
Aug 13, 2025

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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.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
4.06.3 MediumCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/S:P/R:U/RE:M/U:Amberbcorg

Weaknesses

  • CWE-770 Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

Affected Products

ProductVersions
BC JavaLegion of the Bouncy Castle Inc.
  • 1.44 through 1.78Affected
BC JavaLegion of the Bouncy Castle Inc.
  • 1.44 through 1.78Affected
BCPKIX FIPSLegion of the Bouncy Castle Inc.
  • 1.0.0 through 1.0.7Affected
  • 2.0.0 through 2.0.7Affected

References

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