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Medium · 6.1 CVE-2026-118766 EUVD-2026-113275

Botan: Online OCSP redirects enable blind requests to internal HTTP services

Published Oct 29, 2026 · Updated Nov 4, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

Botan is a C++ cryptography library. Prior to 3.13.0, Botan's online OCSP client allowed a single HTTP redirect while posting an OCSP request to the URI in a certificate's Authority Information Access extension. A malicious OCSP responder or an on-path attacker could redirect the client to make one blind request to an otherwise unreachable internal HTTP service. The primary impact is blind SSRF that might affect internal services with non-idempotent GET handlers, and response timing can provide a coarse internal-service oracle. This issue is fixed in version 3.13.0.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
randombit botan < 3.13.0 —

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 botan3 3.13.0+dfsg-2 —
Debian 13 botan +1 No fix yet —
Debian 12 botan No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS botan No fix yet —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS botan No fix yet —
Show 2 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Pro 24.04 LTS botan No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 22.04 LTS botan No fix yet —

Azure Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Azure Linux 3 botan2 No fix yet —

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