๐Ÿ” CVE Alert

CVE-2026-32883

MEDIUM 5.9

Botan: Missing OCSP Response Signature Verification Allows MitM Certificate Revocation Bypass

CVSS Score
5.9
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
5th

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.

CWE CWE-347
Vendor randombit
Product botan
Published Mar 30, 2026
Last Updated Apr 2, 2026
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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None

Affected Versions

randombit / botan
>= 3.0.0, < 3.11.0

References

NVD โ†— CVE.org โ†— EPSS Data โ†—
github.com: https://github.com/randombit/botan/security/advisories/GHSA-9j2j-hqmc-hf5x