Covert timing channel vulnerability in Legion of the Bouncy Castle Inc. BC-JAVA core on all (core modules).
Non-constant time comparisons risk private key leakage in FrodoKEM.

This issue affects BC-JAVA: from 2.17.3 before 1.84.

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Sat, 18 Apr 2026 00:15:00 +0000

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Metrics threat_severity

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cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N'}

threat_severity

Important


Wed, 15 Apr 2026 15:15:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Bouncycastle
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Wed, 15 Apr 2026 14:15:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Wed, 15 Apr 2026 09:30:00 +0000

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Description Covert timing channel vulnerability in Legion of the Bouncy Castle Inc. BC-JAVA core on all (core modules). Non-constant time comparisons risk private key leakage in FrodoKEM. This issue affects BC-JAVA: from 2.17.3 before 1.84.
Title Non-constant time comparisons risk private key leakage in FrodoKEM.
Weaknesses CWE-385
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 10, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: bcorg

Published:

Updated: 2026-04-15T13:11:53.444Z

Reserved: 2026-04-05T07:25:44.930Z

Link: CVE-2026-5598

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-04-15T13:11:50.359Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-04-15T10:16:49.757

Modified: 2026-04-17T15:38:09.243

Link: CVE-2026-5598

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2026-04-15T09:05:56Z

Links: CVE-2026-5598 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-04-15T14:53:10Z

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