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Critical · 9.2 CVE-2026-118769 EUVD-2026-113278

Botan: Integer overflow when reporting block size in FFI can cause memory corruption

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

Description

Botan is a C++ cryptography library. From 2.1.0 until 3.13.0, the Botan C API function botan_block_cipher_block_size converted a size_t block size to int without a bounds check. In an application that accepts external algorithm parameter strings and uses the FFI raw ECB mode, an attacker can select the variable-block-size Lion cipher so that the reported size is truncated, the caller allocates insufficient memory, and later block processing causes memory corruption. The C++ API and normally used C API modes such as CBC and CTR are unaffected. This issue is fixed in version 3.13.0.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
randombit botan >= 2.1.0, < 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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