CVE-2025-8885
unknown
CVSS v3
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CVSS v2
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VIR risk
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Description
Bouncy Castle for Java on All (API modules) allows Excessive Allocation
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-8885.html
Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-8885
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | bookworm | affected | |
| debian | bullseye | affected | |
| debian | forky | fixed | 1.80-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 1.80-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 1.80-1 |
| sles | affected | |
Package impact
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maven | org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk14 | >=1.0,<1.78 | 1.78 |
| Maven | org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk15to18 | >=1.0,<1.78 | 1.78 |
| Maven | org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk18on | >=1.0,<1.78 | 1.78 |
| Maven | org.bouncycastle:bctls-jdk14 | >=1.0,<1.78 | 1.78 |
| Maven | org.bouncycastle:bctls-jdk15to18 | >=1.0,<1.78 | 1.78 |
| Maven | org.bouncycastle:bctls-jdk18on | >=1.0,<1.78 | 1.78 |
| Maven | org.bouncycastle:bc-fips | >=1.0.0,<1.0.2.6 | 1.0.2.6 |
| Maven | org.bouncycastle:bc-fips | >=2.0.0,<2.0.1 | 2.0.1 |
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-8885
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-8885
- https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/commit/3790993df5d28f661a64439a8664343437ed3865
- https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java
- https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/blob/main/core/src/main/java/org/bouncycastle/asn1/ASN1ObjectIdentifier.java
- https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/wiki/CVE%E2%80%902025%E2%80%908885
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-8885.html
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.