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Vulnerability details: VCID-rary-mqyu-2yes
Vulnerability ID VCID-rary-mqyu-2yes
Aliases CVE-2025-8885
GHSA-67mf-3cr5-8w23
Summary Bouncy Castle for Java on All (API modules) allows Excessive Allocation A resource allocation vulnerability exists in Bouncy Castle for Java (by Legion of the Bouncy Castle Inc.) that affects all API modules. The vulnerability allows attackers to cause excessive memory allocation through unbounded resource consumption, potentially leading to denial of service. The issue is located in the ASN1ObjectIdentifier.java file in the core module. This issue affects Bouncy Castle for Java: from BC 1.0 through 1.77, from BC-FJA 1.0.0 through 2.0.0.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 6.2
Risk 3.1
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (3)
CWE-770 Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
CWE-937 OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-1035 OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
System Score Found at
cvssv3 5.3 https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2025-8885.json
epss 0.00071 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2025-8885
epss 0.00071 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2025-8885
epss 0.00071 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2025-8885
epss 0.00071 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2025-8885
epss 0.00071 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2025-8885
epss 0.00071 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2025-8885
epss 0.00071 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2025-8885
epss 0.00071 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2025-8885
epss 0.00071 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2025-8885
cvssv3.1 5.3 https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
cvssv3.1_qr MODERATE https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-67mf-3cr5-8w23
cvssv4 6.3 https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java
cvssv4 6.3 https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/blob/main/core/src/main/java/org/bouncycastle/asn1/ASN1ObjectIdentifier.java
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/blob/main/core/src/main/java/org/bouncycastle/asn1/ASN1ObjectIdentifier.java
cvssv4 6.3 https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/commit/3790993df5d28f661a64439a8664343437ed3865
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/commit/3790993df5d28f661a64439a8664343437ed3865
cvssv4 6.3 https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/wiki/CVE%E2%80%902025%E2%80%908885
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/wiki/CVE%E2%80%902025%E2%80%908885
ssvc Track https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/wiki/CVE%E2%80%902025%E2%80%908885
cvssv4 6.3 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-8885
generic_textual MODERATE https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-8885
Reference id Reference type URL
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2025-8885.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2025-8885
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2025-8885
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java
https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/blob/main/core/src/main/java/org/bouncycastle/asn1/ASN1ObjectIdentifier.java
https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/commit/3790993df5d28f661a64439a8664343437ed3865
https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/wiki/CVE%E2%80%902025%E2%80%908885
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-8885
2387790 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2387790
GHSA-67mf-3cr5-8w23 https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-67mf-3cr5-8w23
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L Found at https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2025-8885.json
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L Found at https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
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Vector: 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 Found at https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java
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Vector: 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 Found at https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/blob/main/core/src/main/java/org/bouncycastle/asn1/ASN1ObjectIdentifier.java
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Attack Requirements (AT) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Vulnerable System Impact Confidentiality (VC) Vulnerable System Impact Integrity (VI) Vulnerable System Impact Availability (VA) Subsequent System Impact Confidentiality (SC) Subsequent System Impact Integrity (SI) Subsequent System Impact Availability (SA)

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Vector: 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 Found at https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/commit/3790993df5d28f661a64439a8664343437ed3865
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Attack Requirements (AT) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Vulnerable System Impact Confidentiality (VC) Vulnerable System Impact Integrity (VI) Vulnerable System Impact Availability (VA) Subsequent System Impact Confidentiality (SC) Subsequent System Impact Integrity (SI) Subsequent System Impact Availability (SA)

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Vector: 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 Found at https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/wiki/CVE%E2%80%902025%E2%80%908885
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Attack Requirements (AT) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Vulnerable System Impact Confidentiality (VC) Vulnerable System Impact Integrity (VI) Vulnerable System Impact Availability (VA) Subsequent System Impact Confidentiality (SC) Subsequent System Impact Integrity (SI) Subsequent System Impact Availability (SA)

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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2025-08-12T18:14:28Z/ Found at https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/wiki/CVE%E2%80%902025%E2%80%908885
Vector: 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 Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-8885
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Attack Requirements (AT) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Vulnerable System Impact Confidentiality (VC) Vulnerable System Impact Integrity (VI) Vulnerable System Impact Availability (VA) Subsequent System Impact Confidentiality (SC) Subsequent System Impact Integrity (SI) Subsequent System Impact Availability (SA)

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Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.21745
EPSS Score 0.00071
Published At April 2, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T12:55:54.238308+00:00 GithubOSV Importer Import https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2025/08/GHSA-67mf-3cr5-8w23/GHSA-67mf-3cr5-8w23.json 38.0.0