Possible DOS in processing specially formed ASN.1 Object Identifiers
Priority LOW 29CWE-770Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- Present
- Impact type
- Denial of service
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · Low
- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 23 without a fix
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA, GitHub and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-770.
Summary
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.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00591 48th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk14 (Maven): 1.78org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk15to18 (Maven): 1.78+5 more productsRed Hat: 23 without a fix
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Legion of the Bouncy Castle Inc. | BC Java | 1.0 – 1.77 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| Legion of the Bouncy Castle Inc. | BC-FJA | 1.0.0 – 1.0.2.5; 2.0.0 – 2.0.1 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| — | org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk14 (Maven) | 1.0 to before 1.78 | 1.78 | Patch available | GHSA-67mf-3cr5-8w23 |
| — | org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk15to18 (Maven) | 1.0 to before 1.78 | 1.78 | Patch available | GHSA-67mf-3cr5-8w23 |
| — | org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk18on (Maven) | 1.0 to before 1.78 | 1.78 | Patch available | GHSA-67mf-3cr5-8w23 |
| — | org.bouncycastle:bctls-jdk14 (Maven) | 1.0 to before 1.78 | 1.78 | Patch available | GHSA-67mf-3cr5-8w23 |
| — | org.bouncycastle:bctls-jdk15to18 (Maven) | 1.0 to before 1.78 | 1.78 | Patch available | GHSA-67mf-3cr5-8w23 |
| — | org.bouncycastle:bctls-jdk18on (Maven) | 1.0 to before 1.78 | 1.78 | Patch available | GHSA-67mf-3cr5-8w23 |
| — | org.bouncycastle:bc-fips (Maven) | 1.0.0 to before 1.0.2.6 | 1.0.2.6 | Patch available | GHSA-67mf-3cr5-8w23 |
| — | org.bouncycastle:bc-fips (Maven) | 2.0.0 to before 2.0.1 | 2.0.1 | Patch available | GHSA-67mf-3cr5-8w23 |
- BC Java VendorLegion of the Bouncy Castle Inc. Affected 1.0 – 1.77 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- BC-FJA VendorLegion of the Bouncy Castle Inc. Affected 1.0.0 – 1.0.2.5; 2.0.0 – 2.0.1 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk14 (Maven) Vendor— Affected 1.0 to before 1.78 Fixed in 1.78 Patch available GHSA-67mf-3cr5-8w23
- org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk15to18 (Maven) Vendor— Affected 1.0 to before 1.78 Fixed in 1.78 Patch available GHSA-67mf-3cr5-8w23
- org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk18on (Maven) Vendor— Affected 1.0 to before 1.78 Fixed in 1.78 Patch available GHSA-67mf-3cr5-8w23
- org.bouncycastle:bctls-jdk14 (Maven) Vendor— Affected 1.0 to before 1.78 Fixed in 1.78 Patch available GHSA-67mf-3cr5-8w23
- org.bouncycastle:bctls-jdk15to18 (Maven) Vendor— Affected 1.0 to before 1.78 Fixed in 1.78 Patch available GHSA-67mf-3cr5-8w23
- org.bouncycastle:bctls-jdk18on (Maven) Vendor— Affected 1.0 to before 1.78 Fixed in 1.78 Patch available GHSA-67mf-3cr5-8w23
- org.bouncycastle:bc-fips (Maven) Vendor— Affected 1.0.0 to before 1.0.2.6 Fixed in 1.0.2.6 Patch available GHSA-67mf-3cr5-8w23
- org.bouncycastle:bc-fips (Maven) Vendor— Affected 2.0.0 to before 2.0.1 Fixed in 2.0.1 Patch available GHSA-67mf-3cr5-8w23
Remediation
- Fix · GHSA-67mf-3cr5-8w23 org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk14 (Maven) Fixed in 1.78 Advisory →
- Fix · GHSA-67mf-3cr5-8w23 org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk15to18 (Maven) Fixed in 1.78 Advisory →
- Fix · GHSA-67mf-3cr5-8w23 org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk18on (Maven) Fixed in 1.78 Advisory →
- Fix · GHSA-67mf-3cr5-8w23 org.bouncycastle:bctls-jdk14 (Maven) Fixed in 1.78 Advisory →
- Fix · GHSA-67mf-3cr5-8w23 org.bouncycastle:bctls-jdk15to18 (Maven) Fixed in 1.78 Advisory →
- Fix · GHSA-67mf-3cr5-8w23 org.bouncycastle:bctls-jdk18on (Maven) Fixed in 1.78 Advisory →
- Fix · GHSA-67mf-3cr5-8w23 org.bouncycastle:bc-fips (Maven) Fixed in 1.0.2.6 Advisory →
- Fix · GHSA-67mf-3cr5-8w23 org.bouncycastle:bc-fips (Maven) Fixed in 2.0.1 Advisory →
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Cryostat 4 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Logging Subsystem for Red Hat OpenShift | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat AMQ Clients | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Data Grid 8 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Fuse 7 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 8 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform Expansion Pack | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat OpenShift AI (RHOAI) | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat OpenShift Dev Spaces | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Process Automation 7 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Satellite 6 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Single Sign-On 7 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat build of Apache Camel 4 for Quarkus 3 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat build of Apache Camel for Spring Boot 4 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat build of Apicurio Registry 3 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat build of Debezium 2 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat build of Debezium 3 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat build of Quarkus | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| streams for Apache Kafka 2 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| streams for Apache Kafka 3 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
Not affected: 1 product
- Red Hat AMQ Broker 7
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-8885
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-67mf-3cr5-8w23
References
More Legion of the Bouncy Castle Inc. vulnerabilities
- TI-2018-15967 Legion of the Bouncy Castle Legion of the Bouncy Castle Java Cryptography APIs 1.58 up to… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2017-09736 BouncyCastle JCE TLS Bleichenbacher/ROBOT CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.5
- TI-2026-42545 MTI/A0 DH agreement exponentiates unvalidated peer value CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.3
- TI-2026-42533 JSSE hostname verifier CN-fallback enabled by default despite documented opt-in CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.3
- TI-2026-41816 Stapled OCSP response accepted without binding to the checked certificate CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.3
- TI-2026-07701 Name Constraints bypass via trailing dot in rfc822Name and URI CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.3
Sources
- CVE-2025-8885 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-8885 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-67mf-3cr5-8w23 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2025-8885 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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