GHSA-4cx2-fc23-5wg6Medium

Bouncy Castle for Java bcpkix, bcprov, bcpkix-fips on All (API modules) allows Excessive Allocation

Published
August 13, 2025
Last Modified
May 13, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2025-8916 →

📋 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.

🎯 Affected products5

  • maven/org.bouncycastle:bcpkix-fips:>= 1.0.0, <= 1.0.7
  • maven/org.bouncycastle:bcpkix-fips:>= 2.0.0, <= 2.0.7
  • maven/org.bouncycastle:bcpkix-jdk15on:>= 1.44, < 1.79
  • maven/org.bouncycastle:bcpkix-jdk15to18:>= 1.44, < 1.79
  • maven/org.bouncycastle:bcpkix-jdk18on:>= 1.44, < 1.79

🔗 References (6)