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Use of ML-KEM in the Cryptographic Message Syntax (CMS)
RFC 9936

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2026-05-20
(System) Changed metadata: changed keywords to '['Key Encapsulation Mechanism (KEM)', 'KEMRecipientInfo', 'ML-KEM', 'Kyber']' from '[]'
2026-05-20
(System) Metadata update from RFC Editor
2026-05-20
(System) Changed author "D. Van Geest": changed name from "Daniel Van Geest" to "D. Van Geest", cleared country (was "France")
2026-05-20
(System) Changed author "M. Ounsworth": changed name from "Mike Ounsworth" to "M. Ounsworth", cleared country (was "Canada")
2026-05-20
(System) Changed author "J. Prat": changed name from "PRAT Julien" to "J. Prat", cleared country (was "France")
2026-05-20
(System) Metadata update from RFC Editor
2026-03-06
(System)
Received changes through RFC Editor sync (created document RFC 9936, created became rfc relationship between draft-ietf-lamps-cms-kyber and RFC 9936, set abstract to 'Module-Lattice-Based …
Received changes through RFC Editor sync (created document RFC 9936, created became rfc relationship between draft-ietf-lamps-cms-kyber and RFC 9936, set abstract to 'Module-Lattice-Based Key-Encapsulation Mechanism (ML-KEM) is a quantum-resistant Key Encapsulation Mechanism (KEM).  Three parameter sets for the ML-KEM algorithm are specified by the US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in FIPS 203.  In order of increasing security strength (and decreasing performance), these parameter sets are ML-KEM-512, ML-KEM-768, and ML-KEM-1024.  This document specifies the conventions for using ML-KEM with the Cryptographic Message Syntax (CMS) using the KEMRecipientInfo structure defined in "Using Key Encapsulation Mechanism (KEM) Algorithms in the Cryptographic Message Syntax (CMS)" (RFC 9629).', set pages to 18, set standardization level to Proposed Standard, added RFC published event at 2026-03-06)
2026-03-06
(System) RFC published