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Vulnerability details: VCID-wqgc-hd9r-zuek
Vulnerability ID VCID-wqgc-hd9r-zuek
Aliases CVE-2025-8916
GHSA-4cx2-fc23-5wg6
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.
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-2025-8916.json
epss 0.00036 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2025-8916
epss 0.00036 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2025-8916
epss 0.00036 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2025-8916
epss 0.00036 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2025-8916
epss 0.00036 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2025-8916
epss 0.00036 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2025-8916
epss 0.00036 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2025-8916
epss 0.00036 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2025-8916
epss 0.00036 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2025-8916
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-4cx2-fc23-5wg6
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/commit/310b30a4fbf36d13f6cc201ffa7771715641e67e
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/commit/310b30a4fbf36d13f6cc201ffa7771715641e67e
cvssv4 6.3 https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/commit/ff444a479942d88de64004dc82c3ee32a9e9075a
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/commit/ff444a479942d88de64004dc82c3ee32a9e9075a
cvssv4 6.3 https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/wiki/CVE%E2%80%902025%E2%80%908916
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/wiki/CVE%E2%80%902025%E2%80%908916
ssvc Track https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/wiki/CVE%E2%80%902025%E2%80%908916
cvssv4 6.3 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-8916
generic_textual MODERATE https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-8916
Reference id Reference type URL
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2025-8916.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2025-8916
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2025-8916
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java
https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/commit/310b30a4fbf36d13f6cc201ffa7771715641e67e
https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/commit/ff444a479942d88de64004dc82c3ee32a9e9075a
https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/wiki/CVE%E2%80%902025%E2%80%908916
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-8916
2388195 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2388195
GHSA-4cx2-fc23-5wg6 https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-4cx2-fc23-5wg6
USN-8108-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/8108-1/
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-2025-8916.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
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/310b30a4fbf36d13f6cc201ffa7771715641e67e
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/ff444a479942d88de64004dc82c3ee32a9e9075a
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%908916
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:Y/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2025-08-13T13:13:37Z/ Found at https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/wiki/CVE%E2%80%902025%E2%80%908916
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-2025-8916
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 0.10747
EPSS Score 0.00036
Published At April 2, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T12:55:52.309511+00:00 GithubOSV Importer Import https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2025/08/GHSA-4cx2-fc23-5wg6/GHSA-4cx2-fc23-5wg6.json 38.0.0