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Advisory record · GHSA-jfcv-jv9g-2vx2

Bouncy Castle for Java has Uncontrolled Resource Consumption Vulnerability

CVSS 5.9 MediumEPSS 0.0017 · 6th percentile

Published by the GitHub Advisory Database at 22 Aug 2025, 09:30 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known.

PackageEcosystemAffectedFixed in
org.bouncycastle:bc-fipsMaven>=2.1.0, <2.1.12.1.1
org.bouncycastle:bctls-fipsMaven>=2.73.7, <2.73.82.73.8
Identifiers
GHSA-jfcv-jv9g-2vx2 · CVE-2025-9341
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-400
Tags
Published
22 Aug 2025
Updated
22 Aug 2025

Machine-written summary

Summary written by Claude Haiku from the source advisory. Not reviewed by a person.

Bouncy Castle for Java FIPS bc-fips versions 2.1.0 (before 2.1.1) and bctls-fips versions 2.73.7 (before 2.73.8) are affected by an uncontrolled resource consumption flaw involving excessive memory allocation. The source gives few details on how the flaw is triggered or what conditions are needed to exploit it. Upgrade bc-fips to 2.1.1 and bctls-fips to 2.73.8, as no workaround is listed.

Written 7 Nov 2026.

Not analysed yet

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Severity and exploitation

ScoreRatingCVSSVectorSource
5.9 Medium 4.0 CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/S:P/AU:N/R:U/V:C/RE:M/U:Amber CNA (bcorg)
  • CISA KEV Not listed.
  • EPSS 0.0017, the 6th percentile, on 13 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Timeline

  1. 31 Oct 2026, 15:10 UTC First seen by agentprime
  2. 31 Oct 2026, 15:10 UTC Confirmed by OSV

Sources

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