6.3

CVE-2025-8916: legion of the bouncy castle inc. bc java

CVSS: 6.3v4.0MediumDeferred
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2025-8916DEBIAN-CVE-2025-8916CGA-2w98-m7hh-8g7m
Published 13-08-2025Last modified 12-05-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2025-8916 is a medium (CVSS 6.3) vulnerability in legion of the bouncy castle inc. bc java. EPSS estimates a 0.46% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 38.6% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
25/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.3/10
010
Medium · v4.0 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.46%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 0 · Related 16
CGA-3433-CV65-43CRCGA-37VW-56G8-52CQCGA-6574-X8R6-JQM6CGA-6V5C-MC4X-8GW2CGA-7F2Q-MPP2-3GP2CGA-CFVP-3P2R-MQ87

Timeline

  1. 13-08-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 12-05-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

CVSS metrics

7 scores · 7 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.46%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

39%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.46% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.46%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Chainguard107 products
  • camunda-zeebe-8.6< 8.6.29-r1
  • camunda-zeebe-8.6-compat< 8.6.29-r1
  • camunda-zeebe-8.7< 8.7.16-r0
  • camunda-zeebe-8.7-compat< 8.7.16-r0
  • commercial-elasticsearch-8.17All versions (No fix recorded)
Wolfi14 products
  • druid< 34.0.0-r6
  • druid-compat< 34.0.0-r6
  • gradle-stage0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • kserve-modelmesh< 0.12.0-r15
  • kserve-modelmesh-compat< 0.12.0-r15
Org.bouncycastle4 products
  • bcpkix-fips≥ 1.0.0, < 1.0.8 | ≥ 2.0.0, < 2.0.8
  • bcpkix-jdk15on≥ 1.44, < 1.79
  • bcpkix-jdk15to18≥ 1.44, < 1.79
  • bcpkix-jdk18on≥ 1.44, < 1.79
Legion of the bouncy castle inc.2 products
Debian1 product
  • bouncycastleAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 1.80-1
Ubuntu1 product
  • bouncycastleAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 1.77-1ubuntu0.1~esm1

6 vendors · 129 products

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