Uncontrolled Resource Consumption in Bouncy Castle BC-FJA 2.1.0
CVE-2025-9092 Published on August 16, 2025

Hybrid Module Deployment in Multi-JVM Environments Leading to Resource Exhaustion
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.

NVD

Vulnerability Analysis

CVE-2025-9092 is exploitable with local system access. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have no impact on confidentiality and integrity and availability.

Attack Vector:
LOCAL
Attack Complexity:
LOW
Privileges Required:
HIGH
User Interaction:
ACTIVE

Weakness Type

What is a Resource Exhaustion Vulnerability?

The software does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource, thereby enabling an actor to influence the amount of resources consumed, eventually leading to the exhaustion of available resources.

CVE-2025-9092 has been classified to as a Resource Exhaustion vulnerability or weakness.


Affected Versions

Legion of the Bouncy Castle Inc. Bouncy Castle for Java - BC-FJA 2.1.0:

Exploit Probability

EPSS
0.15%
Percentile
3.27%

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) scores estimate the probability that a vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days. The percentile shows you how this score compares to all other vulnerabilities.