SCA: security update for org.bouncycastle:bc-fips (GHSA-v6cf-mv9h-c8mc)

low Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 434032

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

- 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. (CVE-2025-9092)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-v6cf-mv9h-c8mc

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 434032

Version: Revision 1.6

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 8/19/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.92

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Low

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-9092

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 1

Threat Score: 0.1

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/16/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/16/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-9092

cwe: CWE-400