CVE-2026-5598

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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 1.80.1, from 1.82 before 1.84.
CVSS

No CVSS.

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

No configuration.

History

19 May 2026, 00:16

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Summary (en) 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 1.84. (en) 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 1.80.1, from 1.82 before 1.84.

21 Apr 2026, 16:16

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References
  • {'url': 'https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/wiki/CVE%E2%80%902026%E2%80%905998', 'source': '91579145-5d7b-4cc5-b925-a0262ff19630'}
  • () https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/wiki/CVE%E2%80%902026%E2%80%905598 -

21 Apr 2026, 15:16

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Summary (en) 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. (en) 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 1.84.
References
  • () https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/commit/8692e6b2b191fc4aafa32545c7a78bdb9bf110c5 -
  • () https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/commit/94abbd56413dfdac651fd878bc60253871ef5e87 -

15 Apr 2026, 10:16

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New CVE
Information

Published : 2026-04-15 10:16

Updated : 2026-05-19 00:16

NVD link : CVE-2026-5598

Mitre link : CVE-2026-5598

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-5598

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Products Affected

No product.

CWE
CWE-385

Covert Timing Channel