Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling Affecting org.bouncycastle:bcprov-ext-jdk14 package, versions [1.48,]
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- published13 Aug 2025
- disclosed13 Aug 2025
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Introduced: 13 Aug 2025
NewCVE-2025-8916 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
A fix was pushed into the master branch but not yet published.
Overview
org.bouncycastle:bcprov-ext-jdk14 is a Java implementation of cryptographic algorithms.
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling due to improper processing of large name constraint structures in PKIXCertPathReviewer. An attacker can cause excessive resource allocation by submitting specially crafted ASN.1 objects, potentially leading to service disruption.
Workaround
This vulnerability can be mitigated by limiting the size of ASN.1 objects that can be loaded from untrusted sources, thereby capping the maximum size of a Name Constraints structure.