Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature Affecting botan3 package, versions <3.13.0+dfsg-2


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on default assessment until relevant scores are available.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.07% (1st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN14-BOTAN3-22107212
  • published1 Nov 2026
  • disclosed29 Oct 2026

Introduced: 29 Oct 2026

NewCVE-2026-118768  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-347  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:14 botan3 to version 3.13.0+dfsg-2 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:14 relevant fixed versions and status.

Botan is a C++ cryptography library. From 1.11.34 until 3.13.0, the botan ocsp_check command requested an OCSP response from a certificate's Authority Information Access URL without verifying the response signature or authorizing the signer. A malicious responder or on-path attacker could return a matching and timely GOOD response with an empty, invalid, or unauthorized signature, causing a revoked certificate to produce exit status 0 and OCSP check OK output. Only the command-line interface is affected. This issue is fixed in version 3.13.0.