CVE 5.9 MEDIUM

Botan: Missing OCSP Response Signature Verification Allows MitM Certificate Revocation Bypass_CVE-2026-32883

5.9 / 10
MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Description

Botan is a C++ cryptography library. From version 3.0.0 to before version 3.11.0, during X509 path validation, OCSP responses were checked for an appropriate status code, but critically omitted verifying the signature of the OCSP response itself. This issue has been patched in version 3.11.0.

Basic Information

ID CVE-2026-32883
Source GitHub_M
Published Mar 30, 2026 at 20:36
Modified Apr 2, 2026 at 14:10

Affected Product

Vendor randombit
Product botan
Version >= 3.0.0, < 3.11.0
Affected Versions randombit botan >= 3.0.0, < 3.11.0

CWE Classification

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