JDK-8351953 : Release Note: ML-DSA Private Key Encoding is Not Finalized
  • Type: Sub-task
  • Component: security-libs
  • Sub-Component: java.security
  • Affected Version: 24
  • Priority: P3
  • Status: Resolved
  • Resolution: Delivered
  • Submitted: 2025-03-13
  • Updated: 2025-03-14
  • Resolved: 2025-03-14
Description
The ML-DSA implementation in the SUN provider in JDK 24 encodes the private key in its expanded format, as defined in [FIPS 204](https://csrc.nist.gov/pubs/fips/204/final), into its PKCS #8 encoding. This encoding may change as the [related IETF draft](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-lamps-dilithium-certificates/) is not yet finalized.