CVE-2025-9092 Affecting bouncycastle-fips package, versions <2.1.1-r3


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on default assessment until relevant scores are available.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.15% (5th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CHAINGUARDLATEST-BOUNCYCASTLEFIPS-12194858
  • published25 Aug 2025
  • disclosed16 Aug 2025

Introduced: 16 Aug 2025

CVE-2025-9092  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Chainguard bouncycastle-fips to version 2.1.1-r3 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream bouncycastle-fips package and not the bouncycastle-fips package as distributed by Chainguard. See How to fix? for Chainguard relevant fixed versions and status.

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 Base Scores

version 3.1