PT-2025-43686

CVE-2025-12194

Published

2025-10-24

Updated

2025-10-25

Description by

CVSS 4.0

5.9

Medium

MetricsAV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:P/AU:N/R:U/V:C/RE:M/U:Amber

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Bouncy Castle for Java FIPS versions 2.1.0 through 2.1.1 Bouncy Castle for Java LTS versions 2.73.0 through 2.73.7

Description An uncontrolled resource consumption issue exists in Bouncy Castle for Java FIPS and Bouncy Castle for Java LTS. The issue involves excessive allocation and is associated with multiple program files including AESNativeCFB.Java, AESNativeGCM.Java, SHA256NativeDigest.Java, AESNativeEngine.Java, AESNativeCBC.Java, AESNativeCTR.Java, AESNativeCFB.Java, AESNativeGCM.Java, AESNativeEngine.Java, AESNativeCBC.Java, AESNativeGCMSIV.Java, AESNativeCCM.Java, AESNativeCTR.Java, SHA256NativeDigest.Java, SHA224NativeDigest.Java, SHA3NativeDigest.Java, SHAKENativeDigest.Java, SHA512NativeDigest.Java, and SHA384NativeDigest.Java.

Recommendations Bouncy Castle for Java FIPS versions 2.1.0 through 2.1.1 should be updated. Bouncy Castle for Java LTS versions 2.73.0 through 2.73.7 should be updated.

Exploitability

Exploit

Fix

Impacts

Vendors

Affected products

Weakness enumeration

CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

Related identifiers

CVE-2025-12194

BDU:2026-10866

GHSA-JV6H-4262-Q663