# CVE-2026-5598: Non-constant time comparisons risk private key leakage in FrodoKEM.

- Also known as: GHSA-P93R-85WP-75V3
- Severity: CVSS 8.9 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:N/E:U/S:P/AU:Y/U:Red
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.80.2, 1.81.1, 1.84
- Published: 2026-04-15 · Updated: 2026-09-18

## Affected

- 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-jdk15to18 (Maven): from 1.71, fixed in 1.80.2
- org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk14 (Maven): from 1.81, fixed in 1.81.1
- org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk18on (Maven): from 1.82, fixed in 1.84

## Description

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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on core, org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk15to18, org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk14 or the other affected packages, upgrade to a fixed version (1.80.2, 1.81.1, 1.84) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/wiki/CVE%E2%80%902026%E2%80%905598
- https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/commit/94abbd56413dfdac651fd878bc60253871ef5e87
- https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/commit/8692e6b2b191fc4aafa32545c7a78bdb9bf110c5

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