CVE
CVE-2026-5598
Bouncy Castle Has Covert Timing Channel Vulnerability
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.
Package Versions Affected
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CVSS Version
Severity
Base Score
CVSS Version
Score Vector
C
H
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8.9
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4.0
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/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:P/AU:Y/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:Red
C
H
U
0
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C
H
U
9.1
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3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Related Resources
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References
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-5598, https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/commit/8692e6b2b191fc4aafa32545c7a78bdb9bf110c5, https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/commit/94abbd56413dfdac651fd878bc60253871ef5e87, https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java, https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/wiki/CVE-2026-5598
Basic Information
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