Is org.bouncycastle:bc-fips affected by CVE-2025-12194?

Maven org.bouncycastle:bc-fips is affected in >=2.1.0 <2.1.2.

Is CVE-2025-12194 being exploited?

Not on the CISA KEV list. EPSS exploit probability is 0.1%.

medium

CVE-2025-12194

Q: Is CVE-2025-12194 being exploited?

Not on the CISA KEV list. EPSS exploit probability is 0.1%.

Maven · org.bouncycastle:bc-fips • Maven · org.bouncycastle:bcprov-debug-lts8on

Summary

Bouncy Castle Vulnerable to Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

Severity: medium
EPSS: 0.1% (p4)
Also known as: GHSA-jv6h-4262-q663#org.bouncycastle:bc-fips, GHSA-jv6h-4262-q663#org.bouncycastle:bcprov-debug-lts8on
Published: 2025-10-25

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-12194
https://github.com/bcgit/bc-lts-java/commit/2c9be6c64152ce48c6afc784c042a514be71ec71
https://github.com/bcgit/bc-lts-java/commit/f2776feac0c30230f7a5ac34eb24f5019caf0324

Related advisories

CVE-2026-8149 — medium · Maven/org.bouncycastle:bc-fips
CVE-2025-9341 — medium · Maven/org.bouncycastle:bc-fips
CVE-2025-8885 — medium · Maven/org.bouncycastle:bc-fips
CVE-2024-29857 — medium · Maven/org.bouncycastle:bc-fips

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