CVE-2026-5598

NameCVE-2026-5598
DescriptionCovert 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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
Debian Bugs1134386

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
bouncycastle (PTS)bullseye1.68-2fixed
bookworm1.72-2vulnerable
forky, sid, trixie1.80-3vulnerable

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
bouncycastlesourcebullseye(not affected)
bouncycastlesource(unstable)(unfixed)1134386

Notes

[bullseye] - bouncycastle <not-affected> (Vulnerable code introduced in 1.71)
https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/wiki/CVE%E2%80%902026%E2%80%905598
Fixed by: https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/commit/94abbd56413dfdac651fd878bc60253871ef5e87 (r1rv84)

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