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Advisory record · GHSA-4cx2-fc23-5wg6

Bouncy Castle for Java bcpkix, bcprov, bcpkix-fips on All (API modules) allows Excessive Allocation

CVSS 6.3 MediumEPSS 0.0052 · 44th percentile

Published by the GitHub Advisory Database at 13 Aug 2025, 12:31 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known.

PackageEcosystemAffectedFixed in
org.bouncycastle:bcpkix-jdk15onMaven>=1.44, <1.791.79
org.bouncycastle:bcpkix-jdk15to18Maven>=1.44, <1.791.79
org.bouncycastle:bcpkix-jdk18onMaven>=1.44, <1.791.79
org.bouncycastle:bcpkix-fipsMaven>=1.0.0, <1.0.8 || >=2.0.0, <2.0.81.0.8, 2.0.8
Identifiers
GHSA-4cx2-fc23-5wg6 · CVE-2025-8916
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-770
Tags
Published
13 Aug 2025
Updated
10 Sept 2026

Not analysed yet

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Severity and exploitation

ScoreRatingCVSSVectorSource
6.3 Medium 4.0 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 CNA (bcorg)
  • CISA KEV Not listed.
  • EPSS 0.0052, the 44th percentile, on 13 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Timeline

  1. 31 Oct 2026, 14:17 UTC First seen by agentprime
  2. 31 Oct 2026, 14:17 UTC Confirmed by OSV

Sources

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