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NTAP-20250912-0011 — CVE-2025-8916 Bouncy Castle Vulnerability in NetApp Products

Published 2025-09-12 · Updated 2026-06-17 · Status: Interim · Exploitation: Public · Severity: MEDIUM 6.3 · ONTAP affected: Yes

Official advisory: NTAP-20250912-0011 on security.netapp.com ↗. Affected versions, fixed releases, and workarounds live there — this page is a summary.

Product family: Active IQ Unified Manager · ONTAP | ONTAP-relevant | highest CVSS: 6.3

CVEs in this advisory

CVE-2025-8916 — MEDIUM · CVSS 6.3 · site index

What the CVE records say

CVE-2025-8916 — Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling vulnerability in Legion of the Bouncy Castle Inc. BC Java bcpkix on All (API modules), Legion of the Bouncy Castle Inc. BC Java bcprov on All (API modules), Legion of the Bouncy Castle Inc. BCPKIX FIPS bcpkix-fips on All (API modules) allows Excessive Allocation. This vulnerability is associated with program files https://github.Com/bcgit/bc-java/blob/main/pkix/src/main/java/org/bouncycastle/pkix/jcajce/PKIXCertPathReviewer.Java, https://github.Com/bcgit/bc-java/blob/main/prov/src/main/java/org/bouncycastle/x509/PKIXCertPathReviewer.Java. This issue affects BC Java: from 1.44 through 1.78; BC Java: from 1.44 through 1.78; BCPKIX FIPS: from 1.0.0 through 1.0.7, from 2.0.0 through 2.0.7.

Impact

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to Denial of Service (DoS).

Affected products

Active IQ Unified Manager for Linux
Active IQ Unified Manager for Microsoft Windows
Active IQ Unified Manager for VMware vSphere
ONTAP tools for VMware vSphere 9
ONTAP tools for VMware vSphere 10

What to do

Check the affected products listed above against the official advisory's affected-versions table — that is where the exact ONTAP 9 release, ONTAP tool, or management product versions are named.
If affected and a fixed release exists, plan the upgrade — see the ONTAP upgrade runbook.
If exploitation is listed as "active", treat remediation as urgent and review exposure (management LIFs, ONTAP S3, SnapMirror endpoints).
Harden in parallel: security hardening baseline and ransomware protection on ONTAP.