CVE-2025-9341
Bouncy Castle for Java has Uncontrolled Resource Consumption Vulnerability
EPSS 0.04%
Description
Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability in Legion of the Bouncy Castle Inc. Bouncy Castle for Java FIPS bc-fips on All (API modules) allows Excessive Allocation. This vulnerability is associated with program files org/bouncycastle/crypto/fips/AESNativeCBC.Java. This issue affects Bouncy Castle for Java FIPS: from BC-FJA 2.1.0 through 2.1.0.
How to fix CVE-2025-9341
To remediate CVE-2025-9341, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Maven/org.bouncycastle:bc-fips—upgrade to 2.1.1 or later
- —upgrade to 2.73.8 or later
Is CVE-2025-9341 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.0%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- >= 2.1.0, < 2.1.1
- >= 2.73.7, < 2.73.8
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 4.0 | — | CVSS:4.0/AV: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 |