GHSA-mpr7-9494-4qcw: Botan: CLI utility `ocsp_check` accepts unauthenticated responses

Published Oct 29, 2026
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Botan is a C++ cryptography library. From 1.11.34 until 3.13.0, the botan ocspcheck 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.

Remediation

Recommended actions to resolve this vulnerability, in priority order.

  1. Upgrade

    Upgrade Botan ocsp_check to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 3.13.0

Event History

Oct 29, 2026
CVE Published
via OSV·05:20 PM
Data Sourced
via OSV·05:20 PM
DescriptionSeverityWeakness

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