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CVE-2025-8916

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://githu
Lifecycle PUBLISHED1 preserved revisionFact urn:baitaphish:canonical-cve-fact-revision:v2:49e6237c419a9f1b7325517b0be5cd655c5c5f74ea69219600d7613ed6916c98
Known exploited
Not asserted
Disputed
No
Stale source
No
Conflicts
1

Preserved source conflicts

No provider value was silently selected as the winner.

affected · 4 assertions

{"collectionURL":"https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/bouncycastle","defaultStatus":"unaffected","modules":["API"],"packageName":"bcprov","platforms":["All"],"product":"BC Java","programFiles":["https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/blob/main/prov/src/main/java/org/bouncycastle/x509/PKIXCertPathReviewer.java"],"repo":"https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java","vendor":"Legion of the Bouncy Castle Inc.","versions":[{"lessThanOrEqual":"1.78","status":"affected","version":"1.44","versionType":"maven"}]}

  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:db132d6d97c05827c9e14b5f2c65ee9e0a3b034bcfa5fdffb7c067da4d86da59 · sha256:11dc8d6edfeb409f… · /containers/cna/affected/1

{"defaultStatus":"unknown","product":"SIMATIC CN 4100","vendor":"Siemens","versions":[{"lessThan":"V5.0","status":"affected","version":"0","versionType":"custom"}]}

  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:db132d6d97c05827c9e14b5f2c65ee9e0a3b034bcfa5fdffb7c067da4d86da59 · sha256:11dc8d6edfeb409f… · /containers/adp/1/affected/0

{"collectionURL":"https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/bouncycastle","defaultStatus":"unaffected","modules":["API"],"packageName":"bcpkix-fips","platforms":["All"],"product":"BCPKIX FIPS","vendor":"Legion of the Bouncy Castle Inc.","versions":[{"lessThanOrEqual":"1.0.7","status":"affected","version":"1.0.0","versionType":"maven"},{"lessThanOrEqual":"2.0.7","status":"affected","version":"2.0.0","versionType":"maven"}]}

  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:db132d6d97c05827c9e14b5f2c65ee9e0a3b034bcfa5fdffb7c067da4d86da59 · sha256:11dc8d6edfeb409f… · /containers/cna/affected/2

{"collectionURL":"https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/bouncycastle","defaultStatus":"unaffected","modules":["API"],"packageName":"bcpkix","platforms":["All"],"product":"BC Java","programFiles":["https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/blob/main/pkix/src/main/java/org/bouncycastle/pkix/jcajce/PKIXCertPathReviewer.java"],"repo":"https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java","vendor":"Legion of the Bouncy Castle Inc.","versions":[{"lessThanOrEqual":"1.78","status":"affected","version":"1.44","versionType":"maven"}]}

  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:db132d6d97c05827c9e14b5f2c65ee9e0a3b034bcfa5fdffb7c067da4d86da59 · sha256:11dc8d6edfeb409f… · /containers/cna/affected/0

Affected products and versions

4 source assertions
{"collectionURL":"https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/bouncycastle","defaultStatus":"unaffected","modules":["API"],"packageName":"bcprov","platforms":["All"],"product":"BC Java","programFiles":["https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/blob/main/prov/src/main/java/org/bouncycastle/x509/PKIXCertPathReviewer.java"],"repo":"https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java","vendor":"Legion of the Bouncy Castle Inc.","versions":[{"lessThanOrEqual":"1.78","status":"affected","version":"1.44","versionType":"maven"}]}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:db132d6d97c05827c9e14b5f2c65ee9e0a3b034bcfa5fdffb7c067da4d86da59 · sha256:11dc8d6edfeb409f… · /containers/cna/affected/1
{"defaultStatus":"unknown","product":"SIMATIC CN 4100","vendor":"Siemens","versions":[{"lessThan":"V5.0","status":"affected","version":"0","versionType":"custom"}]}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:db132d6d97c05827c9e14b5f2c65ee9e0a3b034bcfa5fdffb7c067da4d86da59 · sha256:11dc8d6edfeb409f… · /containers/adp/1/affected/0
{"collectionURL":"https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/bouncycastle","defaultStatus":"unaffected","modules":["API"],"packageName":"bcpkix-fips","platforms":["All"],"product":"BCPKIX FIPS","vendor":"Legion of the Bouncy Castle Inc.","versions":[{"lessThanOrEqual":"1.0.7","status":"affected","version":"1.0.0","versionType":"maven"},{"lessThanOrEqual":"2.0.7","status":"affected","version":"2.0.0","versionType":"maven"}]}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:db132d6d97c05827c9e14b5f2c65ee9e0a3b034bcfa5fdffb7c067da4d86da59 · sha256:11dc8d6edfeb409f… · /containers/cna/affected/2
{"collectionURL":"https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/bouncycastle","defaultStatus":"unaffected","modules":["API"],"packageName":"bcpkix","platforms":["All"],"product":"BC Java","programFiles":["https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/blob/main/pkix/src/main/java/org/bouncycastle/pkix/jcajce/PKIXCertPathReviewer.java"],"repo":"https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java","vendor":"Legion of the Bouncy Castle Inc.","versions":[{"lessThanOrEqual":"1.78","status":"affected","version":"1.44","versionType":"maven"}]}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:db132d6d97c05827c9e14b5f2c65ee9e0a3b034bcfa5fdffb7c067da4d86da59 · sha256:11dc8d6edfeb409f… · /containers/cna/affected/0

Provider-owned CVSS observations

1 source assertion
{"metric":{"Automatable":"NOT_DEFINED","Recovery":"USER","Safety":"PRESENT","attackComplexity":"LOW","attackRequirements":"PRESENT","attackVector":"NETWORK","baseScore":6.3,"baseSeverity":"MEDIUM","privilegesRequired":"NONE","providerUrgency":"AMBER","subAvailabilityImpact":"NONE","subConfidentialityImpact":"NONE","subIntegrityImpact":"NONE","userInteraction":"NONE","valueDensity":"NOT_DEFINED","vectorString":"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","version":"4.0","vulnAvailabilityImpact":"LOW","vulnConfidentialityImpact":"NONE","vulnIntegrityImpa…
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cvss
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:db132d6d97c05827c9e14b5f2c65ee9e0a3b034bcfa5fdffb7c067da4d86da59 · sha256:11dc8d6edfeb409f… · /containers/cna/metrics/0/cvssV4_0

CWE assertions

1 source assertion
{"cweId":"CWE-770","description":"CWE-770 Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cwe
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:db132d6d97c05827c9e14b5f2c65ee9e0a3b034bcfa5fdffb7c067da4d86da59 · sha256:11dc8d6edfeb409f… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0

Source references

2 source assertions
{"url":"https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-032379.html"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:db132d6d97c05827c9e14b5f2c65ee9e0a3b034bcfa5fdffb7c067da4d86da59 · sha256:11dc8d6edfeb409f… · /containers/adp/1/references/0
{"url":"https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/wiki/CVE%E2%80%902025%E2%80%908916"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:db132d6d97c05827c9e14b5f2c65ee9e0a3b034bcfa5fdffb7c067da4d86da59 · sha256:11dc8d6edfeb409f… · /containers/cna/references/0

Attribution and limitations

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