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Medium · 5.9 CVE-2026-118768 EUVD-2026-113277

Botan: CLI utility `ocsp_check` accepts unauthenticated responses

Published Oct 29, 2026 · Updated Nov 3, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

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 products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
randombit botan >= 1.11.34, < 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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