Service interruption via redundant native-library directories
Published Aug 16, 2025 · Updated Aug 16, 2025
Uncontrolled resource consumption in Bouncy Castle FIPS Java API 2.1.0 allows local users to interrupt service through native support. In multi-JVM deployments, NativeLoader writes a separate directory of shareable .so files for each JVM instead of reusing one verified set. The condition requires a privileged multi-JVM deployment, and filesystem strain can terminate hosted services.
Summary
What happened
Uncontrolled resource consumption in Bouncy Castle FIPS Java API 2.1.0 allows local users to interrupt service through native support. In multi-JVM deployments, NativeLoader writes a separate directory of shareable .so files for each JVM instead of reusing one verified set. The condition requires a privileged multi-JVM deployment, and filesystem strain can terminate hosted services.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-9092
- Published
- Aug 16, 2025
- Updated
- Aug 16, 2025
- Vendor
- Legion of the Bouncy Castle Inc.
- Product
- Bouncy Castle FIPS Java API
- Classifications
- CWE-400, CAPEC-130, T1499
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- admin
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Aug 16, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 16, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=BC-FJA 2.1.0 <=2.1.0
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