Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling Affecting org.bouncycastle:bc-fips-debug package, versions [2.1.0,2.1.1)
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- published22 Aug 2025
- disclosed22 Aug 2025
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Introduced: 22 Aug 2025
NewCVE-2025-9341 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade org.bouncycastle:bc-fips-debug to version 2.1.1 or higher.
Overview
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in the AESNativeCBC class due to the use of a private instance class, rather than a private static class. An attacker can cause heap exhaustion by triggering excessive memory allocation through repeated or crafted operations that delay garbage collection.