CVE-2025-8916

ADVISORY - github

Summary

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.

EPSS Score⁠: 0.00108 (0.295)

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

ADVISORY - nist

CWE-770⁠

Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

ADVISORY - github

CWE-770⁠

Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

ADVISORY - gitlab

CWE-1035⁠

OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities

CWE-770⁠

Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

CWE-937⁠

OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities

ADVISORY - redhat

CWE-770⁠

Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

Impacted images

Advisories

NIST

CREATED

6 months ago

UPDATED

5 months ago

ADVISORY IDCVE-2025-8916⁠

EXPLOITABILITY SCORE

EXPLOITS FOUND

COMMON WEAKNESS ENUMERATION (CWE)

CWE-770⁠

CVSS SCORE

6.3medium

GitHub

CREATED

6 months ago

UPDATED

3 months ago

ADVISORY IDGHSA-4cx2-fc23-5wg6⁠

EXPLOITABILITY SCORE

EXPLOITS FOUND

COMMON WEAKNESS ENUMERATION (CWE)

CWE-770⁠

CVSS SCORE

6.3medium

Debian

CREATED

6 months ago

UPDATED

7 days ago

ADVISORY IDCVE-2025-8916⁠

EXPLOITABILITY SCORE

EXPLOITS FOUND

COMMON WEAKNESS ENUMERATION (CWE)-

RATING UNAVAILABLE FROM ADVISORY

Ubuntu

CREATED

6 months ago

UPDATED

12 days ago

ADVISORY IDCVE-2025-8916⁠

EXPLOITABILITY SCORE

EXPLOITS FOUND

COMMON WEAKNESS ENUMERATION (CWE)-

CVSS SCORE

N/Amedium

GitLab

CREATED

6 months ago

UPDATED

6 months ago

ADVISORY ID

CVE-2025-8916

EXPLOITABILITY SCORE

EXPLOITS FOUND

COMMON WEAKNESS ENUMERATION (CWE)

CWE-1035⁠CWE-770⁠CWE-937⁠

CVSS SCORE

N/Aunspecified

Red Hat

CREATED

6 months ago

UPDATED

23 days ago

ADVISORY IDCVE-2025-8916⁠

EXPLOITABILITY SCORE

3.9

EXPLOITS FOUND

COMMON WEAKNESS ENUMERATION (CWE)

CWE-770⁠

CVSS SCORE

5.3medium

Chainguard

CREATED

3 months ago

UPDATED

3 months ago

ADVISORY ID

CGA-3433-cv65-43cr

EXPLOITABILITY SCORE

EXPLOITS FOUND

COMMON WEAKNESS ENUMERATION (CWE)-

RATING UNAVAILABLE FROM ADVISORY

Chainguard

CREATED

3 months ago

UPDATED

3 months ago

ADVISORY ID

CGA-37vw-56g8-52cq

EXPLOITABILITY SCORE

EXPLOITS FOUND

COMMON WEAKNESS ENUMERATION (CWE)-

RATING UNAVAILABLE FROM ADVISORY

Chainguard

CREATED

3 months ago

UPDATED

3 months ago

ADVISORY ID

CGA-6574-x8r6-jqm6

EXPLOITABILITY SCORE

EXPLOITS FOUND

COMMON WEAKNESS ENUMERATION (CWE)-

RATING UNAVAILABLE FROM ADVISORY

Chainguard

CREATED

3 months ago

UPDATED

3 months ago

ADVISORY ID

CGA-6v5c-mc4x-8gw2

EXPLOITABILITY SCORE

EXPLOITS FOUND

COMMON WEAKNESS ENUMERATION (CWE)-

RATING UNAVAILABLE FROM ADVISORY

Chainguard

CREATED

3 months ago

UPDATED

3 months ago

ADVISORY ID

CGA-7f2q-mpp2-3gp2

EXPLOITABILITY SCORE

EXPLOITS FOUND

COMMON WEAKNESS ENUMERATION (CWE)-

RATING UNAVAILABLE FROM ADVISORY

Chainguard

CREATED

6 months ago

UPDATED

6 months ago

ADVISORY ID

CGA-85fq-4p6p-pq7f

EXPLOITABILITY SCORE

EXPLOITS FOUND

COMMON WEAKNESS ENUMERATION (CWE)-

RATING UNAVAILABLE FROM ADVISORY

Chainguard

CREATED

3 months ago

UPDATED

3 months ago

ADVISORY ID

CGA-cfvp-3p2r-mq87

EXPLOITABILITY SCORE

EXPLOITS FOUND

COMMON WEAKNESS ENUMERATION (CWE)-

RATING UNAVAILABLE FROM ADVISORY

Chainguard

CREATED

3 months ago

UPDATED

3 months ago

ADVISORY ID

CGA-f5v4-h9x6-x4hf

EXPLOITABILITY SCORE

EXPLOITS FOUND

COMMON WEAKNESS ENUMERATION (CWE)-

RATING UNAVAILABLE FROM ADVISORY

Chainguard

CREATED

3 months ago

UPDATED

3 months ago

ADVISORY ID

CGA-f9ph-94v7-f4jp

EXPLOITABILITY SCORE

EXPLOITS FOUND

COMMON WEAKNESS ENUMERATION (CWE)-

RATING UNAVAILABLE FROM ADVISORY

Chainguard

CREATED

3 months ago

UPDATED

3 months ago

ADVISORY ID

CGA-fv6c-r8hp-x2wq

EXPLOITABILITY SCORE

EXPLOITS FOUND

COMMON WEAKNESS ENUMERATION (CWE)-

RATING UNAVAILABLE FROM ADVISORY

Chainguard

CREATED

6 months ago

UPDATED

6 months ago

ADVISORY ID

CGA-g7rj-xvgm-5x9w

EXPLOITABILITY SCORE

EXPLOITS FOUND

COMMON WEAKNESS ENUMERATION (CWE)-

RATING UNAVAILABLE FROM ADVISORY

Chainguard

CREATED

6 months ago

UPDATED

6 months ago

ADVISORY ID

CGA-hw89-vf95-v7mf

EXPLOITABILITY SCORE

EXPLOITS FOUND

COMMON WEAKNESS ENUMERATION (CWE)-

RATING UNAVAILABLE FROM ADVISORY

Chainguard

CREATED

3 months ago

UPDATED

3 months ago

ADVISORY ID

CGA-m487-6p97-2rh3

EXPLOITABILITY SCORE

EXPLOITS FOUND

COMMON WEAKNESS ENUMERATION (CWE)-

RATING UNAVAILABLE FROM ADVISORY

Chainguard

CREATED

3 months ago

UPDATED

3 months ago

ADVISORY ID

CGA-pgw7-8cr9-xp8p

EXPLOITABILITY SCORE

EXPLOITS FOUND

COMMON WEAKNESS ENUMERATION (CWE)-

RATING UNAVAILABLE FROM ADVISORY

Chainguard

CREATED

3 months ago

UPDATED

3 months ago

ADVISORY ID

CGA-q43q-fmqf-pj5c

EXPLOITABILITY SCORE

EXPLOITS FOUND

COMMON WEAKNESS ENUMERATION (CWE)-

RATING UNAVAILABLE FROM ADVISORY

Chainguard

CREATED

22 days ago

UPDATED

22 days ago

ADVISORY ID

CGA-q6xf-fxqh-w43g

EXPLOITABILITY SCORE

EXPLOITS FOUND

COMMON WEAKNESS ENUMERATION (CWE)-

RATING UNAVAILABLE FROM ADVISORY

Chainguard

CREATED

3 months ago

UPDATED

3 months ago

ADVISORY ID

CGA-qh35-p63v-qxpg

EXPLOITABILITY SCORE

EXPLOITS FOUND

COMMON WEAKNESS ENUMERATION (CWE)-

RATING UNAVAILABLE FROM ADVISORY

Chainguard

CREATED

3 months ago

UPDATED

3 months ago

ADVISORY ID

CGA-wjjg-h899-q22m

EXPLOITABILITY SCORE

EXPLOITS FOUND

COMMON WEAKNESS ENUMERATION (CWE)-

RATING UNAVAILABLE FROM ADVISORY

Chainguard

CREATED

3 months ago

UPDATED

3 months ago

ADVISORY ID

CGA-wr2m-mvfp-v723

EXPLOITABILITY SCORE

EXPLOITS FOUND

COMMON WEAKNESS ENUMERATION (CWE)-

RATING UNAVAILABLE FROM ADVISORY

minimos

CREATED

4 months ago

UPDATED

4 months ago

ADVISORY ID

MINI-25h6-jrvh-v94r

EXPLOITABILITY SCORE

EXPLOITS FOUND

COMMON WEAKNESS ENUMERATION (CWE)-

RATING UNAVAILABLE FROM ADVISORY

minimos

CREATED

4 months ago

UPDATED

4 months ago

ADVISORY ID

MINI-396w-xqhh-fq8r

EXPLOITABILITY SCORE

EXPLOITS FOUND

COMMON WEAKNESS ENUMERATION (CWE)-

RATING UNAVAILABLE FROM ADVISORY

minimos

CREATED

3 months ago

UPDATED

3 months ago

ADVISORY ID

MINI-4625-wfqg-x3j3

EXPLOITABILITY SCORE

EXPLOITS FOUND

COMMON WEAKNESS ENUMERATION (CWE)-

RATING UNAVAILABLE FROM ADVISORY

minimos

CREATED

3 months ago

UPDATED

3 months ago

ADVISORY ID

MINI-5vmr-3h9m-q4cx

EXPLOITABILITY SCORE

EXPLOITS FOUND

COMMON WEAKNESS ENUMERATION (CWE)-

RATING UNAVAILABLE FROM ADVISORY

minimos

CREATED

3 months ago

UPDATED

3 months ago

ADVISORY ID

MINI-8pp8-wx59-9mwq

EXPLOITABILITY SCORE

EXPLOITS FOUND

COMMON WEAKNESS ENUMERATION (CWE)-

RATING UNAVAILABLE FROM ADVISORY

minimos

CREATED

5 months ago

UPDATED

5 months ago

ADVISORY ID

MINI-9m8f-v44c-7hxg

EXPLOITABILITY SCORE

EXPLOITS FOUND

COMMON WEAKNESS ENUMERATION (CWE)-

RATING UNAVAILABLE FROM ADVISORY

minimos

CREATED

4 months ago

UPDATED

4 months ago

ADVISORY ID

MINI-cjp7-jw85-mhf5

EXPLOITABILITY SCORE

EXPLOITS FOUND

COMMON WEAKNESS ENUMERATION (CWE)-

RATING UNAVAILABLE FROM ADVISORY

minimos

CREATED

3 months ago

UPDATED

3 months ago

ADVISORY ID

MINI-frr4-qfcf-xwhm

EXPLOITABILITY SCORE

EXPLOITS FOUND

COMMON WEAKNESS ENUMERATION (CWE)-

RATING UNAVAILABLE FROM ADVISORY

minimos

CREATED

1 month ago

UPDATED

1 month ago

ADVISORY ID

MINI-g2rf-93v8-6wjj

EXPLOITABILITY SCORE

EXPLOITS FOUND

COMMON WEAKNESS ENUMERATION (CWE)-

RATING UNAVAILABLE FROM ADVISORY

minimos

CREATED

8 days ago

UPDATED

8 days ago

ADVISORY ID

MINI-hqj4-x9rm-6fj5

EXPLOITABILITY SCORE

EXPLOITS FOUND

COMMON WEAKNESS ENUMERATION (CWE)-

RATING UNAVAILABLE FROM ADVISORY

minimos

CREATED

3 months ago

UPDATED

3 months ago

ADVISORY ID

MINI-hvrm-qjhx-6mfv

EXPLOITABILITY SCORE

EXPLOITS FOUND

COMMON WEAKNESS ENUMERATION (CWE)-

RATING UNAVAILABLE FROM ADVISORY

minimos

CREATED

6 months ago

UPDATED

6 months ago

ADVISORY ID

MINI-hwrg-g66m-rmhm

EXPLOITABILITY SCORE

EXPLOITS FOUND

COMMON WEAKNESS ENUMERATION (CWE)-

RATING UNAVAILABLE FROM ADVISORY

minimos

CREATED

4 months ago

UPDATED

4 months ago

ADVISORY ID

MINI-jwq8-mx8j-qr3p

EXPLOITABILITY SCORE

EXPLOITS FOUND

COMMON WEAKNESS ENUMERATION (CWE)-

RATING UNAVAILABLE FROM ADVISORY

minimos

CREATED

6 months ago

UPDATED

6 months ago

ADVISORY ID

MINI-qfcw-m8jh-5qvm

EXPLOITABILITY SCORE

EXPLOITS FOUND

COMMON WEAKNESS ENUMERATION (CWE)-

RATING UNAVAILABLE FROM ADVISORY

minimos

CREATED

2 months ago

UPDATED

2 months ago

ADVISORY ID

MINI-v238-86ch-rpfv

EXPLOITABILITY SCORE

EXPLOITS FOUND

COMMON WEAKNESS ENUMERATION (CWE)-

RATING UNAVAILABLE FROM ADVISORY

minimos

CREATED

5 months ago

UPDATED

5 months ago

ADVISORY ID

MINI-vrvg-7xxx-5963

EXPLOITABILITY SCORE

EXPLOITS FOUND

COMMON WEAKNESS ENUMERATION (CWE)-

RATING UNAVAILABLE FROM ADVISORY

minimos

CREATED

3 months ago

UPDATED

3 months ago

ADVISORY ID

MINI-vwpx-6c3p-fv2p

EXPLOITABILITY SCORE

EXPLOITS FOUND

COMMON WEAKNESS ENUMERATION (CWE)-

RATING UNAVAILABLE FROM ADVISORY