Algorithmic Complexity Affecting botan3 package, versions <3.12.0+dfsg-2~deb13u1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.32% (24th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN13-BOTAN3-16725776
  • published17 May 2026
  • disclosed27 May 2026

Introduced: 17 May 2026

CVE-2026-44378  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-407  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:13 botan3 to version 3.12.0+dfsg-2~deb13u1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream botan3 package and not the botan3 package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:13 relevant fixed versions and status.

Botan is a C++ cryptography library. Prior to 3.12.0, certain patterns of indefinite length encodings in BER data could cause quadratic behavior in the parser, resulting in a denial of service. Such BER encodings were accepted even in structures which are required to be encoded as DER, which prohibits indefinite length encodings. This vulnerability is fixed in 3.12.0.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1