CVE-2025-8916

Possible DOS in processing large name constraint structures in PKIXCertPathReveiwer

CVSS 6.3 MEDIUMEPSS 0.4%CWE-770

Vexday Risk Score

13Low

SSVC decision (CISA)

Track

No exploitation signal → monitor

CVSS 6.3EPSS 0.4%KEV nãoPoC —Patch —

Lifecycle

13 Aug 2025Published on NVD

Recommendation: Monitor — no exploitation signal at the moment.

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.

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/S:P/R:U/RE:M/U:Amber

Affected products

Legion of the Bouncy Castle Inc. · BC Java Legion of the Bouncy Castle Inc. · BCPKIX FIPS

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References

https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-032379.html https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/wiki/CVE%E2%80%902025%E2%80%908916