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TI-2025-11180 Aliases CVE-2025-12194GHSA-jv6h-4262-q663

Uncontrolled resource consumption in Legion of the Bouncy Castle Inc. Bouncy Castle for…

Priority LOW 25CWE-400Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Attack requirements
Present
Impact type
Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · High
Fix status
Partial Red Hat: 4 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 FIPS bc-fips on All (API modules), Legion of the Bouncy Castle Inc. Bouncy Castle for Java LTS bcprov-lts8on on All (API modules) allows Excessive Allocation. This vulnerability is associated with program files core/src/main/jdk1.9/org/bouncycastle/crypto/fips/AESNativeCFB.Java, core/src/main/jdk1.9/org/bouncycastle/crypto/fips/AESNativeGCM.Java, core/src/main/jdk1.9/org/bouncycastle/crypto/fips/SHA256NativeDigest.Java, core/src/main/jdk1.9/org/bouncycastle/crypto/fips/AESNativeEngine.Java, core/src/main/jdk1.9/org/bouncycastle/crypto/fips/AESNativeCBC.Java, core/src/main/jdk1.9/org/bouncycastle/crypto/fips/AESNativeCTR.Java, core/src/main/jdk1.9/org/bouncycastle/crypto/engines/AESNativeCFB.Java, core/src/main/jdk1.9/org/bouncycastle/crypto/engines/AESNativeGCM.Java, core/src/main/jdk1.9/org/bouncycastle/crypto/engines/AESNativeEngine.Java, core/src/main/jdk1.9/org/bouncycastle/crypto/engines/AESNativeCBC.Java, core/src/main/jdk1.9/org/bouncycastle/crypto/engines/AESNativeGCMSIV.Java, core/src/main/jdk1.9/org/bouncycastle/crypto/engines/AESNativeCCM.Java, core/src/main/jdk1.9/org/bouncycastle/crypto/engines/AESNativeCTR.Java, core/src/main/jdk1.9/org/bouncycastle/crypto/digests/SHA256NativeDigest.Java, core/src/main/jdk1.9/org/bouncycastle/crypto/digests/SHA224NativeDigest.Java, core/src/main/jdk1.9/org/bouncycastle/crypto/digests/SHA3NativeDigest.Java, core/src/main/jdk1.9/org/bouncycastle/crypto/digests/SHAKENativeDigest.Java, core/src/main/jdk1.9/org/bouncycastle/crypto/digests/SHA512NativeDigest.Java, core/src/main/jdk1.9/org/bouncycastle/crypto/digests/SHA384NativeDigest.Java. This issue affects Bouncy Castle for Java FIPS: from 2.1.0 through 2.1.1; Bouncy Castle for Java LTS: from 2.73.0 through 2.73.7.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00156 4th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial org.bouncycastle:bc-fips (Maven): 2.1.2org.bouncycastle:bcprov-debug-lts8on (Maven): 2.73.8Red Hat: 4 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

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
Legion of the Bouncy Castle Inc.Bouncy Castle for Java FIPS2.1.0 – 2.1.1—No fix listedCNA
Legion of the Bouncy Castle Inc.Bouncy Castle for Java LTS2.73.0 – 2.73.7—No fix listedCNA
—org.bouncycastle:bc-fips (Maven)2.1.0 to before 2.1.22.1.2Patch availableGHSA-jv6h-4262-q663
—org.bouncycastle:bcprov-debug-lts8on (Maven)2.73.0 to before 2.73.82.73.8Patch availableGHSA-jv6h-4262-q663
  • Bouncy Castle for Java FIPS VendorLegion of the Bouncy Castle Inc. Affected 2.1.0 – 2.1.1 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
  • Bouncy Castle for Java LTS VendorLegion of the Bouncy Castle Inc. Affected 2.73.0 – 2.73.7 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
  • org.bouncycastle:bc-fips (Maven) Vendor— Affected 2.1.0 to before 2.1.2 Fixed in 2.1.2 Patch available GHSA-jv6h-4262-q663
  • org.bouncycastle:bcprov-debug-lts8on (Maven) Vendor— Affected 2.73.0 to before 2.73.8 Fixed in 2.73.8 Patch available GHSA-jv6h-4262-q663

Remediation

  • Fix · GHSA-jv6h-4262-q663 org.bouncycastle:bc-fips (Maven) Fixed in 2.1.2 Advisory →
  • Fix · GHSA-jv6h-4262-q663 org.bouncycastle:bcprov-debug-lts8on (Maven) Fixed in 2.73.8 Advisory →

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 8AffectedNo fix yet: Fix deferred
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform Expansion PackAffectedNo fix yet: Fix deferred
Red Hat build of Apicurio Registry 3AffectedNo fix yet: Fix deferred
Red Hat build of Debezium 3AffectedNo fix yet: Fix deferred

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-12194
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-jv6h-4262-q663

References

Advisory 1

Other 4

  • 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
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Sources

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