Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling Affecting org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk15to18 package, versions [,1.78)
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- published13 Aug 2025
- disclosed12 Aug 2025
- creditBing Shi
Introduced: 12 Aug 2025
NewCVE-2025-8885 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk15to18 to version 1.78 or higher.
Overview
org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk15to18 is a Java implementation of cryptographic algorithms.
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling via the ASN1ObjectIdentifier. An attacker can cause excessive resource consumption by submitting specially crafted ASN.1 Object Identifiers, potentially leading to service disruption.
Note: This issue only applies to applications which do consume unvetted, or otherwise unvalidated, ASN.1 encodings.