Hybrid Module Deployment in Multi-JVM Environments Leading to Resource Exhaustion
Priority LOW 6CWE-400Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- High
- User interaction
- Active
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- Present
- Impact type
- Denial of service
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · Low
- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 24 without a fix
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA, GitHub and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-400.
Summary
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.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00158 4th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial org.bouncycastle:bc-fips (Maven): 2.1.1Red Hat: 24 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. | Bouncy Castle for Java - BC-FJA 2.1.0 | BC-FJA 2.1.0 – 2.1.0 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| — | org.bouncycastle:bc-fips (Maven) | 2.1.0 to before 2.1.1 | 2.1.1 | Patch available | GHSA-v6cf-mv9h-c8mc |
- Bouncy Castle for Java - BC-FJA 2.1.0 VendorLegion of the Bouncy Castle Inc. Affected BC-FJA 2.1.0 – 2.1.0 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- org.bouncycastle:bc-fips (Maven) Vendor— Affected 2.1.0 to before 2.1.1 Fixed in 2.1.1 Patch available GHSA-v6cf-mv9h-c8mc
Remediation
- Fix · GHSA-v6cf-mv9h-c8mc org.bouncycastle:bc-fips (Maven) Fixed in 2.1.1 Advisory →
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Low. 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 Broker 7 | 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 |
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-9092
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-v6cf-mv9h-c8mc
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-2025-9092 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-9092 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-v6cf-mv9h-c8mc · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2025-9092 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. Sources and licences