CVE-2026-118769: Botan: Integer overflow when reporting block size in FFI can cause memory corruption
Botan is a C++ cryptography library. From 2.1.0 until 3.13.0, the Botan C API function botanblockcipherblocksize converted a sizet 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.
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Botanto a version that resolves this vulnerability.Fixed in 3.13.0