CVE-2025-14813: Legion of the Bouncy Castle BC-JAVA · Weak Cryptography
Affects Legion of the Bouncy Castle BC-JAVASource CVE Database V5
Not known to be exploited · CVSS 9.3 Critical · fixed in 1.84 : patch Legion of the Bouncy Castle BC-JAVA as a priority.
Data as of 30 Oct 2026, 11:52 UTC
Contested
Critical score, yet low EPSS after six months- EPSS
- 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 24% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
- Patch
- Available – fixed in 1.84, 1.81.1, 1.80.2
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:N/RE:M/U:RedExploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 15 Apr 2026
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponized: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors
A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 30 Oct 2026.
What to do
Upgrade BC-JAVA and bcprov and org.bouncycastle/bcprov-jdk15on to 1.84, 1.81.1 or 1.80.2.
Affected software
| Product | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Legion of the Bouncy Castle Inc.BC-JAVA | Affected
| Fixed in
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| Legion of the Bouncy Castle Inc.BC-JAVA | Affected
| Fixed in
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| Legion of the Bouncy Castle Inc.BC-JAVA | Affected
| Fixed in
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GitHubbcprovpkg:github/bcprovOther threats | Affected
| Fixed in
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Mavenorg.bouncycastle/bcprov-jdk15onpkg:maven/org.bouncycastle/bcprov-jdk15onOther threats | Affected
| Fixed in
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AI-suggested
A security update is available and should be applied to affected systems, such as Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 8.1.6 for RHEL 8. If you cannot patch yet, users should strictly limit the amount of data encrypted under a single key and IV pair with the GOSTCTR implementation to a maximum of 255 blocks. Alternatively, migrating to a more secure, standardized, and authenticated encryption mode is recommended.
Description
: Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm vulnerability in Legion of the Bouncy Castle Inc. BC-JAVA bcprov on all (core modules). This vulnerability is associated with program files G3413CTRBlockCipher. This issue affects BC-JAVA: from 1.59 before 1.80.2, from 1.81 before 1.81.1, from 1.82 before 1.84.
References
- github.com/bcgit/bc-java/wiki/CVE%E2%80%902025%E2%80%9014813 (opens in a new tab)
- github.com/bcgit/bc-java/commit/b42574345414e4b7c8051b16fa1fafe01c29871f (opens in a new tab)
- github.com/bcgit/bc-java/commit/701686cb0184cd9ae103c801b3581fdf95c6d4f3 (opens in a new tab)
- access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-14813 (opens in a new tab)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2458640 (opens in a new tab)
- security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2025/cve-2025-14813.json (opens in a new tab)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:18054 (opens in a new tab)
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