CVE-2025-8885

MEDIUMPre-NVD 6.36.3—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

This medium-severity CVE scores 6.3 under NVD CVSS v3. EPSS exploit probability: 0.4%, top 36% of all CVEs by exploit prediction. GitHub Security Advisory data not yet ingested — confidence will rise once GHSA publishes (typical lag: hours to days for open-source ecosystem CVEs; never for infrastructure-only CVEs).

Triggered by: NVD CVSS baseline
Sources: epss, nvd
6.3
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 1%CVSS: 6.3Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling vulnerability in Legion of the Bouncy Castle Inc. BC Java bcprov on All (API modules), Legion of the Bouncy Castle Inc. BC-FJA bc-fips on All allows Excessive Allocation. This vulnerability is associated with program files https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/blob/main/core/src/main/java/org/bouncycastle/asn1/ASN1ObjectIdenti... https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/blob/main/core/src/main/java/org/bouncycastle/asn1/ASN1ObjectIdentifier.Java .

This issue affects BC Java: from 1.0 through 1.77; BC-FJA: from 1.0.0 through 1.0.2.5, from 2.0.0 through 2.0.1.

CVSS v3
6.3
EG Score
6.3(medium)
EPSS
39.6%
KEV
Not listed

Published

August 12, 2025

Last Modified

June 17, 2026

References (1)

Affected Packages

(7 across 1 ecosystem)
Maven(7)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
org.bouncycastle:bc-fips2.0.02.0.1—
org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk141.38 ... 1.77 (34 versions)1.78—
org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk15to181.63 ... 1.77 (15 versions)1.78—
org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk18on1.71 ... 1.77 (8 versions)1.78—
org.bouncycastle:bctls-jdk141.61 ... 1.77 (16 versions)1.78—
org.bouncycastle:bctls-jdk15to181.63 ... 1.77 (15 versions)1.78—
org.bouncycastle:bctls-jdk18on1.71 ... 1.77 (8 versions)1.78—

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2025-8885?
CVE-2025-8885 is a medium vulnerability published on August 12, 2025. Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling vulnerability in Legion of the Bouncy Castle Inc. BC Java bcprov on All (API modules), Legion of the Bouncy Castle Inc. BC-FJA bc-fips on All allows Excessive Allocation. This vulnerability is associated with program files…
When was CVE-2025-8885 disclosed?
CVE-2025-8885 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on August 12, 2025, with the most recent update on June 17, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2025-8885 actively exploited?
CVE-2025-8885 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 39.6% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2025-8885?
CVE-2025-8885 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.3 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2025-8885?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2025-8885, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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