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CVE-2026-5598GHSA-P93R-85WP-75V3

Non-constant time comparisons risk private key leakage in FrodoKEM.

Published
Last modified
published
Not listed in CISA KEV
Fix
Fixed in 1.80.2, 1.81.1, 1.84
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
  • Exploitation: none
  • Automatable: yes
  • Technical impact: total

Summary

Covert timing channel vulnerability in Legion of the Bouncy Castle Inc. BC-JAVA core on all (core modules). This vulnerability is associated with program files FrodoEngine.Java. This issue affects BC-JAVA: from 1.71 before 1.80.2, from 1.81 before 1.81.1, from 1.82 before 1.84.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. CISA SSVC assessment

    Exploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: total

  3. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • core

    From 1.71 · fixed in 1.80.2; From 1.81 · fixed in 1.81.1; From 1.82 · fixed in 1.84

  • org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk15to18Maven

    From 1.71 · fixed in 1.80.2

  • org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk14Maven

    From 1.81 · fixed in 1.81.1

  • org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk18onMaven

    From 1.82 · fixed in 1.84

References 3

GitHub · bcgit/bc-java