CVE-2026-118768
Published:October 29, 2026
Updated:October 30, 2026
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.
Affected Packages
https://github.com/randombit/botan.git (GITHUB):
Affected version(s) =1.11.34 <3.13.0 || >=2.0.0 <3.13.0 || >=3.0.0-alpha0 <3.13.0Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 3.13.0Related Resources (3)
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Contact UsCVSS v4
Base Score:
5.9
Attack Vector
ADJACENT
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
PRESENT
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
PASSIVE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
NONE
Vulnerable System Integrity
HIGH
Vulnerable System Availability
NONE
Subsequent System Confidentiality
NONE
Subsequent System Integrity
NONE
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
CVSS v3
Base Score:
5.7
Attack Vector
ADJACENT
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
NONE
Weakness Type (CWE)
Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature