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

• Status: Standards Track
• Published: March 2026
• Stream: IETF
• Errata: RFC Editor Errata

Abstract

RFC 9936 ist ein Standards Track IETF-Dokument und spezifiziert Konventionen fuer die Verwendung von ML-KEM mit CMS ueber die KEMRecipientInfo structure aus RFC 9629.

Contents

• 1. Introduction
• 2. Use of the ML-KEM Algorithm in the CMS
• 3. Identifiers
• 4. Security Considerations
• 5. IANA Considerations
• 6. References
• Appendix A. ASN.1 Module
• Appendix B. Parameter Set Security and Sizes
• Appendix C. ML-KEM CMS Authenticated-Enveloped-Data Example
• Acknowledgements
• Authors' Addresses

Related Resources

• Official Text: RFC 9936
• Official Page: RFC 9936 DataTracker
• Errata: RFC Editor Errata