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CVE-2024-14041

CVE-2024-14041 · ML-KEM (Kyber) decapsulation leaks private key information through non-constant-time division in message decoding and ciphertext compression (KyberSlash)

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In Bouncy Castle for Java from 1.73 to before 1.78, three ML-KEM (CRYSTALS-Kyber) routines divided secret-derived polynomial coefficients by the modulus q: Poly.toMsg, which decodes the decrypted message, and the ciphertext compression routines Poly.compressPoly and PolyVec.compressPolyVec. An attacker able to measure the timing of a large number of decapsulations performed with the same long-term private key can recover that key. These are the KyberSlash1 (Poly.toMsg) and KyberSlash2 (ciphertext compression) divisions. Compression performed during encapsulation operates on values that become the public ciphertext and is not affected.

CVSS 8.2 · High · EPSS 0.5% · Fix available

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Updated

Stack: system

Affected products and versions

  • bc-java

    Versions
    • ≥ 1.73, < 1.78: Affected (maven)

    Update to 1.78

  • bouncycastle Debian:12

    Versions
    • 1.72-2
    • 1.77-1
    • 1.80-1
    • 1.80-2
    • 1.80-3
    • 1.86-1
    Affected ranges
    • ECOSYSTEM: (−∞, +∞)

    No fix published

  • bouncycastle Debian:13

    Affected ranges
    • ECOSYSTEM: < 1.80-1

    Update to 1.80-1

  • bouncycastle Debian:14

    Affected ranges
    • ECOSYSTEM: < 1.80-1

    Update to 1.80-1

  • bouncycastle Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS

    Versions
    • 1.49+dfsg-3ubuntu1
    • 1.51-4ubuntu1
    • 1.51-4ubuntu1+esm1
    Affected ranges
    • ECOSYSTEM: (−∞, +∞)

    No fix published

  • bouncycastle Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS

    Versions
    • 1.57-1
    • 1.58-1
    • 1.59-1
    • 1.59-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
    Affected ranges
    • ECOSYSTEM: (−∞, +∞)

    No fix published

  • bouncycastle Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS

    Versions
    • 1.61-1
    • 1.61-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
    Affected ranges
    • ECOSYSTEM: (−∞, +∞)

    No fix published

  • bouncycastle Ubuntu:Pro:22.04:LTS

    Versions
    • 1.68-2
    • 1.68-4
    • 1.68-5
    • 1.68-5ubuntu0.1~esm1
    Affected ranges
    • ECOSYSTEM: (−∞, +∞)

    No fix published

  • bouncycastle Ubuntu:Pro:24.04:LTS

    Versions
    • 1.72-2
    • 1.77-1
    • 1.77-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
    Affected ranges
    • ECOSYSTEM: (−∞, +∞)

    No fix published

Original sources

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