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CVE-2025-9092: legion of the bouncy castle inc. bouncy castle for java - bc-fja 2.1.0 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

CVSS: 1.0v4.0LowDeferred
AliasesCGA-2cm7-9586-p9jxCGA-c9vc-wjmh-rv5qGHSA-v6cf-mv9h-c8mc
Published 16-08-2025Last modified 18-08-2025
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2025-9092 is a low (CVSS 1.0) Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability in legion of the bouncy castle inc. bouncy castle for java - bc-fja 2.1.0. EPSS estimates a 0.15% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 3.5% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
4/100
0100
Minimal · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
1.0/10
010
Low · v4.0 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.15%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 0 · Related 2
CGA-3FQR-VJ7Q-M3H8CGA-G5FQ-FJRR-CX3Q

Timeline

  1. 16-08-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 18-08-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability in Legion of the Bouncy Castle Inc. Bouncy Castle for Java - BC-FJA 2.1.0 bc-fips (API modules) allows Excessive Allocation. This vulnerability is associated with program files org.Bouncycastle.Crypto.Fips.NativeLoader. This issue affects Bouncy Castle for Java - BC-FJA 2.1.0: from BC-FJA 2.1.0 through 2.1.0.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.15%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

4%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.15% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.15%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Chainguard1 product
  • bouncycastle-fips< 2.1.1-r3
Legion of the bouncy castle inc.1 product
Org.bouncycastle1 product
  • bc-fips≥ 2.1.0, < 2.1.1

3 vendors · 3 products

References

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