DEBIAN-CVE-2026-48057: Debian/botan vulnerability

Published Nov 6, 2026
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Updated

Botan is a C++ cryptography library. Prior to 3.13.0, Botan's X.509 Distinguished Name decoder flattens the Attribute-Value Assertions in each Relative Distinguished Name and loses multi-value RDN grouping before DN name-constraint enforcement. An attacker controlling a name-constrained intermediate CA can issue a certificate with a multi-value RDN whose first Common Name matches the permitted constraint and whose second Common Name is attacker-chosen, causing the constraint check to accept the flattened first value. If the certificate contains no subjectAlternativeName extension, the second Common Name can then be accepted as a hostname; Botan does not fall back to Common Name hostname matching when any subjectAlternativeName is present. The exposure is limited to deployments using DN name constraints, which are uncommon outside internal PKIs, and to certificates without a subjectAlternativeName. This issue is fixed in version 3.13.0.

Affected Software

4 affected componentsFixes available
debian/botan*
debian/botan*
debian/botan3*
debian/botan3<3.13.0+dfsg-2
3.13.0+dfsg-2

Remediation

Recommended actions to resolve this vulnerability, in priority order.

  1. Upgrade

    Upgrade debian/botan3 to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 3.13.0+dfsg-2
  2. Upgrade

    Upgrade Botan to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 3.13.0

Event History

Nov 6, 2026
CVE Published
via OSV·10:17 PM
Data Sourced
via OSV·10:17 PM
DescriptionSeverityAffected Software

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