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CVE-2026-118768VulnerabilityPublished Updated

From 1.11.34 until 3.13.0, the botan ocsp_check command requested an OCSP response from a certificate's Authority

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Authoritative record:CVE-2026-118768· Medium 5.9

Not known to be exploited · CVSS 5.9 Medium · fixed in 3.13.0 : update botan when convenient.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026, 12:35 UTC

CVSS 4.0 base score
5.9Medium
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.

Thin evidence

One scorer or none
CVSS scores by source
CNA (GitHub_M)CVSS 4.05.9
Patch
Available – fixed in 3.13.0
CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 29 Oct 2026

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponized: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 5 Nov 2026.

What to do

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
Ubuntu Pro 24.04 LTSbotanpkg:deb/ubuntu/botan?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/nobleOther threatsAffected
  • =2.19.3+dfsg-1ubuntu1
  • =2.19.3+dfsg-1ubuntu2
  • =2.19.3+dfsg-1ubuntu2+esm1
Fixed in–
Ubuntu Pro 22.04 LTSbotanpkg:deb/ubuntu/botan?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/jammyOther threatsAffected
  • =2.17.3+dfsg-3
  • =2.19.1+dfsg-2ubuntu1
  • =2.19.1+dfsg-2ubuntu1+esm1
Fixed in–
Ubuntu 20.04 LTSbotanpkg:deb/ubuntu/botan?arch=source&distro=focalOther threatsAffected
  • 2.9.0-2 – 2.12.1-2build1
4 affected builds
Fixed in–
Ubuntu 18.04 LTSbotanpkg:deb/ubuntu/botan?arch=source&distro=bionicOther threatsAffected
  • =2.4.0-3
  • =2.4.0-4
  • =2.4.0-5ubuntu1
Fixed in–

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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.

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