# CVE-2025-12194: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability in Legion of the Bouncy Castle Inc. Bouncy Castle for Java FIPS bc-fips on All (API modules)

Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2025-12194-bouncy-castle-vulnerable-to-uncontrolled-resource-consumption  
Publisher: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, https://junglewise.ai/threats  
Published: 2025-10-24  
License: CC BY 4.0 with a link back

CVE-2025-12194 · Severity: medium · CVSS 4 · Published 2025-10-24

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability in Legion of the Bouncy Castle Inc. Bouncy Castle for Java FIPS bc-fips on All (API modules), Legion of the Bouncy Castle Inc. Bouncy Castle for Java LTS bcprov-lts8on on All (API modules) allows Excessive Allocation. This vulnerability is associated with program files core/src/main/jdk1.9/org/bouncycastle/crypto/fips/AESNativeCFB.Java, core/src/main/jdk1.9/org/bouncycastle/crypto/fips/AESNativeGCM.Java, core/src/main/jdk1.9/org/bouncycastle/crypto/fips/SHA256NativeDigest.Java, core/src/main/jdk1.9/org/bouncycastle/crypto/fips/AESNativeEngine.Java, core/src/main/jdk1.9/org/bouncycastle/crypto/fips/AESNativeCBC.Java, core/src/main/jdk1.9/org/bouncycastle/crypto/fips/AESNativeCTR.Java, core/src/main/jdk1.9/org/bouncycastle/crypto/engines/AESNativeCFB.Java, core/src/main/jdk1.9/org/bouncycastle/crypto/engines/AESNativeGCM.Java, core/src/main/jdk1.9/org/bouncycastle/crypto/engines/AESNativeEngine.Java, core/src/main/jdk1.9/org/bouncycastle/crypto/engines/AESNativeCBC.Java, core/src/main/jdk1.9/org/bouncycastle/crypto/engines/AESNativeGCMSIV.Java, core/src/main/jdk1.9/org/bouncycastle/crypto/engines/AESNativeCCM.Java, core/src/main/jdk1.9/org/bouncycastle/crypto/engines/AESNativeCTR.Java, core/src/main/jdk1.9/org/bouncycastle/crypto/digests/SHA256NativeDigest.Java, core/src/main/jdk1.9/org/bouncycastle/crypto/digests/SHA224NativeDigest.Java, core/src/main/jdk1.9/org/bouncycastle/crypto/digests/SHA3NativeDigest.Java, core/src/main/jdk1.9/org/bouncycastle/crypto/digests/SHAKENativeDigest.Java, core/src/main/jdk1.9/org/bouncycastle/crypto/digests/SHA512NativeDigest.Java, core/src/main/jdk1.9/org/bouncycastle/crypto/digests/SHA384NativeDigest.Java.

This issue affects Bouncy Castle for Java FIPS: from 2.1.0 through 2.1.1; Bouncy Castle for Java LTS: from 2.73.0 through 2.73.7.

Technologies: [org.bouncycastle:bc-fips (Maven)](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/org-bouncycastle-bc-fips). Vendors: [Maven](https://junglewise.ai/threats/vendors/maven).

## Quick answers

**Is CVE-2025-12194 exploited in the wild?** No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2025-12194 being exploited in the wild.

**How severe is CVE-2025-12194?** Medium severity, with a CVSS score of 4, published 24 October 2025.

**Which products and versions are affected?** org.bouncycastle:bc-fips (Maven) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=2.1.0,fixed=2.1.2; org.bouncycastle:bcprov-debug-lts8on (Maven) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=2.73.0,fixed=2.73.8.

**Is there a fix for CVE-2025-12194?** Yes. org.bouncycastle:bc-fips (Maven): upgrade to 2.1.2 or later; org.bouncycastle:bcprov-debug-lts8on (Maven): upgrade to 2.73.8 or later. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.

**Am I affected by CVE-2025-12194?** Check whether you run org.bouncycastle:bc-fips (Maven) or org.bouncycastle:bcprov-debug-lts8on (Maven) at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

## How to fix

- org.bouncycastle:bc-fips (Maven): upgrade to 2.1.2 or later

  ```sh
  # set org.bouncycastle:bc-fips to 2.1.2 in your pom.xml or build.gradle
  ```

- org.bouncycastle:bcprov-debug-lts8on (Maven): upgrade to 2.73.8 or later

  ```sh
  # set org.bouncycastle:bcprov-debug-lts8on to 2.73.8 in your pom.xml or build.gradle
  ```


## Affected products

- org.bouncycastle:bc-fips (Maven) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=2.1.0,fixed=2.1.2
- org.bouncycastle:bcprov-debug-lts8on (Maven) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=2.73.0,fixed=2.73.8

## Identifiers

- CVE-2025-12194
- GHSA-jv6h-4262-q663

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