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Echo: org.bouncycastle:bc-fips: security update to 2.1.2

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 459069

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
 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.
 (CVE-2025-12194)

Solution

Update the org.bouncycastle:bc-fips library and its related packages to version 2.1.2 or later.

See Also

https://advisory.echohq.com/cve/CVE-2025-12194

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 459069

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/2/2026

Updated: 10/5/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.96

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-2025-12194

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: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Threat Score: 2.1

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: 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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/28/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/24/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-12194