Resource exhaustion in Bouncy Castle for Java FIPS - CVE-2025-9092
Published: May 25, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU132268
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2025-9092
CWE-ID: CWE-400
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service.
The vulnerability exists due to uncontrolled resource consumption in org.Bouncycastle.Crypto.Fips.NativeLoader when processing input that triggers excessive allocation. A remote attacker can supply crafted input to cause a denial of service.
Affected software
Bouncy Castle for Java FIPS
How to mitigate CVE-2025-9092
Install security update from vendor's website.
Bouncy Castle for Java FIPS - update to 2.1.1