CVE-2026-5598: org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk18on:jar:1.78.1:compile

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Summary

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.

CVE: CVE-2026-5598
CWE: CWE-385

References

• https://ossindex.sonatype.org/vulnerability/CVE-2026-5598?component-type=maven&component-name=org.bouncycastle%2Fbcprov-jdk18on&utm_source=ossindex-client&utm_medium=integration&utm_content=1.8.1
• http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2026-5598
• https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2026-5598
• https://www.sonatype.com/products/sonatype-guide/oss-index-users

[kaklakariada]

Closed with #427

[kaklakariada]

Closed with #427