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Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

CVE-2025-8916

Medium
6.3/10

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 issue affects Bouncy Castle for Java: from BC 1.44 through 1.78.1, from BCPKIX FIPS 1.0.0 through 1.0.7 and 2.0.0 through 2.0.6.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • NONE

CWE-770 - Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

The software allocates a reusable resource or group of resources on behalf of an actor without imposing any restrictions on the size or number of resources that can be allocated, in violation of the intended security policy for that actor.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published