GHSA-jv6h-4262-q663: Bouncy Castle Vulnerable to Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

GHSA-jv6h-4262-q663 PUBLISHED CVSS 5.900000095367432 MEDIUM

Bouncy Castle Vulnerable to Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

Record from GitHub Advisory Database · Published October 25, 2025

Bouncy Castle Vulnerable to Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

Fixed versions

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Package	Ecosystem	Fixed in
org.bouncycastle:bcprov-debug-lts8on	Maven Central	2.73.8
org.bouncycastle:bc-fips	Maven Central	2.1.2
guacamole-client	Chainguard	1.6.0-r2
bouncycastle-fips	Chainguard	2.1.3-r0
logstash-fips-9.4	Chainguard	9.4.1-r1
opensearch-3	Chainguard	3.3.2-r0
opensearch-3	Wolfi	3.3.2-r0

Risk scores

CVSS 4.0

5.900000095367432

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/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:P/AU:N/R:U/V:C/RE:M/U:Amber

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
chainguard	guacamole-client	0
chainguard	bouncycastle-fips	0
Maven	org.bouncycastle:bcprov-debug-lts8on	2.73.0
chainguard	logstash-fips-9.4	0
Maven	org.bouncycastle:bc-fips	2.1.0
chainguard	opensearch-3	0
wolfi	opensearch-3	0

Timeline

Oct 25, 2025 CVE Published
Apr 30, 2026 Security Advisory

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