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CVE-2026-118768

Botan: CLI utility `ocsp_check` accepts unauthenticated responses

5.9 MediumFix available

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.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Adjacent network
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
None
User interaction
Passive

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None

Exploit likelihood

0.07%Unchanged since Oct 30, 2026
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

CVE List Score used 5.9

Botan: CLI utility `ocsp_check` accepts unauthenticated responses

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.

Record
CVE-2026-118768
CVSS 4.0
5.9 MediumCVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Weakness
CWE-347
Updated
2026-11-03
EUVDEUVD-2026-113277 5.9

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.

Record
EUVD-2026-113277
CVSS 4.0
5.9 MediumCVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Updated
2026-11-03
NVD 5.9

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.

Record
CVE-2026-118768
CVSS 4.0
5.9 MediumCVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
Weakness
CWE-347
Updated
2026-11-03
OSV 5.9

Botan: CLI utility `ocsp_check` accepts unauthenticated responses

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.

Record
CVE-2026-118768
CVSS 4.0
5.9 MediumCVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Weakness
CWE-347
Updated
2026-11-05
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2026-118768 5.9

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.

Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2026-118768
CVSS 4.0
5.9 MediumCVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
Updated
2026-11-04
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2026-118768 5.9

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.

Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2026-118768
CVSS 4.0
5.9 MediumCVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Updated
2026-11-05
OSVAZL-112406 No score

CVE-2026-118768 affecting package botan2 2.14.0-2

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.

Record
AZL-112406
Updated
2026-11-05

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
botan2
Azure Linux:3
through 2.14.0-2 None known
botan
Debian:12
All versions, plus listed versions
2.19.3+dfsg-12.19.3+dfsg-1+deb12u12.19.4+dfsg-12.19.5+dfsg-12.19.5+dfsg-22.19.5+dfsg-32.19.5+dfsg-4
None known
botan
Debian:13
All versions, plus listed versions
2.19.5+dfsg-4
None known
botan3
Debian:13
All versions, plus listed versions
3.10.0+dfsg-13.10.0+dfsg-23.11.0+dfsg-13.11.1+dfsg-13.11.1+dfsg-2
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3.12.0+dfsg-13.12.0+dfsg-23.12.0+dfsg-2~deb13u13.13.0+dfsg-13.13.0+dfsg-23.7.1+dfsg-23.8.1+dfsg-13.9.0+dfsg-13.9.0+dfsg-23.9.0+dfsg-2.1
None known
botan3
Debian:14
before 3.13.0+dfsg-2, plus listed versions
3.10.0+dfsg-13.10.0+dfsg-23.11.0+dfsg-13.11.1+dfsg-13.11.1+dfsg-2
Show 9 moreShow less
3.12.0+dfsg-13.12.0+dfsg-23.12.0+dfsg-2~deb13u13.13.0+dfsg-13.7.1+dfsg-23.8.1+dfsg-13.9.0+dfsg-13.9.0+dfsg-23.9.0+dfsg-2.1
3.13.0+dfsg-2
botan
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
2.4.0-32.4.0-42.4.0-5ubuntu1
None known
botan
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
2.9.0-22.9.0-2build12.12.1-22.12.1-2build1
None known
botan
Ubuntu:Pro:22.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
2.17.3+dfsg-32.19.1+dfsg-2ubuntu12.19.1+dfsg-2ubuntu1+esm1
None known
botan
Ubuntu:Pro:24.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
2.19.3+dfsg-1ubuntu12.19.3+dfsg-1ubuntu22.19.3+dfsg-1ubuntu2+esm1
None known

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
factsEUVD
first indexedCVE List, EUVD, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2026-118768 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.9) in Randombit Botan, published October 29, 2026. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.07%, the 0th percentile. Fixed in botan3 3.13.0+dfsg-2.

References

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