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Vulnerability · CVE-2025-8916

Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling vulnerability in Legion of the Bouncy Castle Inc.

Published Aug 13, 2025 · catalog updated May 12, 2026 · Legion of the Bouncy Castle Inc. BCPKIX FIPS

Last checked Oct 26, 2026. A connected source was read within the last 7 days.

Check if you run it

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-8916. EPSS is 0.46%. Act only if a listed version of Legion of the Bouncy Castle Inc. BCPKIX FIPS is installed.

Gaps on this record

  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
Severity
Medium6.3
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
0.46%
Remediation
Vendor / distro source
Affected products
vendor Legion of the Bouncy Castle Inc. BCPKIX FIPS 2.0.0 ≤2.0.7

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. Th

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  • vendor Legion of the Bouncy Castle Inc. BCPKIX FIPS 2.0.0 ≤2.0.72.0.0 ≤2.0.7

How to fix CVE-2025-8916

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-8916. EPSS is 0.46%. Act only if a listed version of Legion of the Bouncy Castle Inc. BCPKIX FIPS is installed.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with Legion of the Bouncy Castle Inc. BCPKIX FIPS 2.0.0 ≤2.0.7 2.0.0 ≤2.0.7. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 0.46%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

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Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Aug 13, 2025 · EUVD

    Detected

    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-jav

  2. May 12, 2026 · EUVD

    Updated

    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-jav

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-8916

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-8916

    30-day exploitation probability 0.46%

    first.org
  • EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-24555

    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 m

    euvd.enisa.europa.eu

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 26, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.

  • FIRST EPSSOct 23, 2026
  • CVE.orgOct 21, 2026
  • EUVDOct 20, 2026