CVE catalog

CVE-2025-8885

bouncycastle: CVE-2025-8885

Severity: Medium · CVSS 5.3CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Published: Aug 11, 2025, 10:00:00 PM UTC
Source: [NVD] · [CVE record]
EPSS: 0.54% · Oct 25, 2026

Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling vulnerability in Legion of the Bouncy Castle Inc. BC Java bcprov on All (API modules), Legion of the Bouncy Castle Inc. BC-FJA bc-fips on All allows Excessive Allocation. This vulnerability is associated with program files https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/blob/main/core/src/main/java/org/bouncycastle/asn1/ASN1ObjectIdenti... https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/blob/main/core/src/main/java/org/bouncycastle/asn1/ASN1ObjectIdentifier.Java . This issue affects BC Java: from 1.0 through 1.77; BC-FJA: from 1.0.0 through 1.0.2.5, from 2.0.0 through 2.0.1.

Vulnerable and fixed packages

Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.

Distribution	Package	Release	Version	Status
Debian	bouncycastle	sid	`1.86.2-1`	fixed
Debian	bouncycastle	forky	`1.86-1`	fixed
Debian	bouncycastle	trixie	`1.80-3`	fixed
Debian	bouncycastle	bookworm	`1.72-2`	vulnerable
Ubuntu	bouncycastle	pro	`1.61-1`	vulnerable
Ubuntu	bouncycastle	pro	`1.61-1ubuntu0.1~esm1`	vulnerable
Ubuntu	bouncycastle	22.04	`1.68-2`	vulnerable
Ubuntu	bouncycastle	22.04	`1.68-4`	vulnerable
Ubuntu	bouncycastle	22.04	`1.68-5`	vulnerable
Ubuntu	bouncycastle	24.04	`1.72-2`	vulnerable
Ubuntu	bouncycastle	24.04	`1.77-1`	vulnerable

Fixed-version evidence

Distribution	Package	Type	Release	Fixed version	Urgency	Origin	Bugs
Debian	bouncycastle	source	sid	`1.80-1`	not yet assigned	Not reported	Not reported
Debian	bouncycastle	source	forky	`1.80-1`	not yet assigned	Not reported	Not reported
Debian	bouncycastle	source	trixie	`1.80-1`	not yet assigned	Not reported	Not reported
Debian	bouncycastle	source	bookworm	`(unfixed)`	not yet assigned	Not reported	Not reported

Notes

[bookworm] bouncycastle: Minor issue

OpenFactory catalog packages

[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]

[libbcjmail-java]Affected
Source package: [bouncycastle]
Details (2)
- 1.72-2 · all · bookworm
  Affected
  dsa · bouncycastle · debian · bookworm; dsa · bouncycastle · debian · 12
- 1.72-2 · all · bookworm
  Affected
  dsa · bouncycastle · debian · bookworm; dsa · bouncycastle · debian · 12
[libbcmail-java]Affected
Source package: [bouncycastle]
Details (2)
- 1.72-2 · all · bookworm
  Affected
  dsa · bouncycastle · debian · bookworm; dsa · bouncycastle · debian · 12
- 1.72-2 · all · bookworm
  Affected
  dsa · bouncycastle · debian · bookworm; dsa · bouncycastle · debian · 12
[libbcpg-java]Affected
Source package: [bouncycastle]
Details (2)
- 1.72-2 · all · bookworm
  Affected
  dsa · bouncycastle · debian · bookworm; dsa · bouncycastle · debian · 12
- 1.72-2 · all · bookworm
  Affected
  dsa · bouncycastle · debian · bookworm; dsa · bouncycastle · debian · 12
[libbcpkix-java]Affected
Source package: [bouncycastle]
Details (2)
- 1.72-2 · all · bookworm
  Affected
  dsa · bouncycastle · debian · bookworm; dsa · bouncycastle · debian · 12
- 1.72-2 · all · bookworm
  Affected
  dsa · bouncycastle · debian · bookworm; dsa · bouncycastle · debian · 12
[libbcprov-java]Affected
Source package: [bouncycastle]
Details (2)
- 1.72-2 · all · bookworm
  Affected
  dsa · bouncycastle · debian · bookworm; dsa · bouncycastle · debian · 12
- 1.72-2 · all · bookworm
  Affected
  dsa · bouncycastle · debian · bookworm; dsa · bouncycastle · debian · 12
[libbctls-java]Affected
Source package: [bouncycastle]
Details (2)
- 1.72-2 · all · bookworm
  Affected
  dsa · bouncycastle · debian · bookworm; dsa · bouncycastle · debian · 12
- 1.72-2 · all · bookworm
  Affected
  dsa · bouncycastle · debian · bookworm; dsa · bouncycastle · debian · 12
[libbcutil-java]Affected
Source package: [bouncycastle]
Details (2)
- 1.72-2 · all · bookworm
  Affected
  dsa · bouncycastle · debian · bookworm; dsa · bouncycastle · debian · 12
- 1.72-2 · all · bookworm
  Affected
  dsa · bouncycastle · debian · bookworm; dsa · bouncycastle · debian · 12

[Debian 13 (Trixie)]

[libbcjmail-java]Fixed
Source package: [bouncycastle]
Details (2)
- 1.80-3 · all · trixie
  Fixed · Fixed: 1.80-1
  dsa · bouncycastle · debian · 13
- 1.80-3 · all · trixie
  Fixed · Fixed: 1.80-1
  dsa · bouncycastle · debian · 13
[libbcmail-java]Fixed
Source package: [bouncycastle]
Details (2)
- 1.80-3 · all · trixie
  Fixed · Fixed: 1.80-1
  dsa · bouncycastle · debian · 13
- 1.80-3 · all · trixie
  Fixed · Fixed: 1.80-1
  dsa · bouncycastle · debian · 13
[libbcpg-java]Fixed
Source package: [bouncycastle]
Details (2)
- 1.80-3 · all · trixie
  Fixed · Fixed: 1.80-1
  dsa · bouncycastle · debian · 13
- 1.80-3 · all · trixie
  Fixed · Fixed: 1.80-1
  dsa · bouncycastle · debian · 13
[libbcpkix-java]Fixed
Source package: [bouncycastle]
Details (2)
- 1.80-3 · all · trixie
  Fixed · Fixed: 1.80-1
  dsa · bouncycastle · debian · 13
- 1.80-3 · all · trixie
  Fixed · Fixed: 1.80-1
  dsa · bouncycastle · debian · 13
[libbcprov-java]Fixed
Source package: [bouncycastle]
Details (2)
- 1.80-3 · all · trixie
  Fixed · Fixed: 1.80-1
  dsa · bouncycastle · debian · 13
- 1.80-3 · all · trixie
  Fixed · Fixed: 1.80-1
  dsa · bouncycastle · debian · 13
[libbctls-java]Fixed
Source package: [bouncycastle]
Details (2)
- 1.80-3 · all · trixie
  Fixed · Fixed: 1.80-1
  dsa · bouncycastle · debian · 13
- 1.80-3 · all · trixie
  Fixed · Fixed: 1.80-1
  dsa · bouncycastle · debian · 13
[libbcutil-java]Fixed
Source package: [bouncycastle]
Details (2)
- 1.80-3 · all · trixie
  Fixed · Fixed: 1.80-1
  dsa · bouncycastle · debian · 13
- 1.80-3 · all · trixie
  Fixed · Fixed: 1.80-1
  dsa · bouncycastle · debian · 13

Observed: Oct 24, 2026, 8:25:42 PM UTC

References

[CERT-Bund public advisories] · [Debian Security Tracker] · [FIRST EPSS] · [OSV Package Vulnerability Database] · [Red Hat security advisories and VEX]