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Bouncy Castle for Java bcpkix, bcprov, bcpkix-fips on All (API modules) allows Excessive Allocation
Bouncy Castle for Java bcpkix, bcprov, bcpkix-fips on All (API modules) allows Excessive Allocation
Affected packages
- org.bouncycastle:bcpkix-fips— 1.0.0 → 1.0.8
- org.bouncycastle:bcpkix-jdk15on— 1.44 → 1.79
- org.bouncycastle:bcpkix-jdk15to18— 1.44 → 1.79
- org.bouncycastle:bcpkix-jdk18on— 1.44 → 1.79
Exploit signal
- Known exploited (CISA KEV)
- No
- EPSS score
- —
- EPSS percentile
- —
EPSS is the probability a CVE is exploited in the wild; percentile is its rank among all CVEs.
Sources
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-8916
- https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/commit/310b30a4fbf36d13f6cc201ffa7771715641e67e
- https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/commit/ff444a479942d88de64004dc82c3ee32a9e9075a
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-032379.html
- https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java
- https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/wiki/CVE%E2%80%902025%E2%80%908916
Structured record: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-4cx2-fc23-5wg6
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