CVE-2026-5598

HIGHPre-NVD 7.58.9▲
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

This high-severity CVE scores 8.9 under a secondary CVSS source (NVD's own analysis pending). EPSS exploit probability: 0.0%, top 93% of all CVEs by exploit prediction. GitHub Security Advisory data not yet ingested — confidence will rise once GHSA publishes (typical lag: hours to days for open-source ecosystem CVEs; never for infrastructure-only CVEs).

Triggered by: NVD CVSS baseline
Sources: epss, secondary
7.5
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 1%CVSS: 7.5Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

A fix is available — apply it.

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 1.81.1, from 1.82 before 1.84.

CVSS v3
7.5
EG Score
8.9(medium)
EPSS
48.7%
KEV
Not listed

Published

April 15, 2026

Last Modified

July 15, 2026

Advisory Details (3)

Auto-updated May 2, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

CVE‐2026‐5598 · bcgit/bc-java Wiki · GitHub

https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/wiki/CVE%E2%80%902026%E2%80%905598
generic

Fix Frodo error sampling to be constant-time · bcgit/bc-java@94abbd5 · GitHub

https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/commit/94abbd56413dfdac651fd878bc60253871ef5e87
generic

Refactoring in pqc.crypto.frodo · bcgit/bc-java@8692e6b · GitHub

https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/commit/8692e6b2b191fc4aafa32545c7a78bdb9bf110c5

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-5598(4)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Patch Availability(5)

Vendor / EcosystemFixed in / PatchReleasedSource
redhatbcprov-jdk122026-05-18redhat
redhateap8-bouncycastle-0:1.84.0-1.redhat_00001.1.el8eap2026-05-18redhat
redhateap8-bouncycastle-0:1.84.0-1.redhat_00001.1.el9eap2026-05-18redhat
redhateap7-bouncycastle-0:1.84.0-1.redhat_00001.1.el9eap2026-04-30redhat
redhatpatch2026-04-30redhat

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Affected Packages

(3 across 1 ecosystem)
Maven(3)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk141.811.81.1—
org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk15to181.71 ... 1.80 (11 versions)1.80.2—
org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk18on1.82, 1.831.84—

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Additional Vendor Advisories

(2)

Vendors that published advisories for this CVE beyond the curated set above. Broader coverage but minimal per-row detail — click through for the original advisory.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 12× in last 7d / 47× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

Showing the most recent 100 of 109 total refreshes for this CVE.

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  2. 2026-06-30 04:32 UTCNVD updateCVSS v3 → 7.5
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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-5598?
CVE-2026-5598 is a high vulnerability published on April 15, 2026. 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 1.81.1, from 1.82 before 1.84.
When was CVE-2026-5598 disclosed?
CVE-2026-5598 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on April 15, 2026, with the most recent update on July 15, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-5598 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-5598 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 48.7% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-5598?
CVE-2026-5598 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5 (NVD). EchelonGraph synthesises NVD + CISA KEV + FIRST EPSS + GHSA into a combined EG score of 8.9.
How do I remediate CVE-2026-5598?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-5598, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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