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Botan CVE-2026-44378

| EUVD-2026-32582 MEDIUM
Inefficient Algorithmic Complexity (CWE-407)
2026-05-27 security-advisories@github.com
Denial Of Service
6.9
CVSS 4.0
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CVSS VectorNVD

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
X

Lifecycle Timeline

2
Analysis Generated
May 27, 2026 - 21:07 vuln.today
Patch available
May 27, 2026 - 19:46 EUVD

DescriptionNVD

Botan is a C++ cryptography library. Prior to 3.12.0, certain patterns of indefinite length encodings in BER data could cause quadratic behavior in the parser, resulting in a denial of service. Such BER encodings were accepted even in structures which are required to be encoded as DER, which prohibits indefinite length encodings. This vulnerability is fixed in 3.12.0.

AnalysisAI

Quadratic-complexity denial of service in Botan's BER parser affects all versions prior to 3.12.0, allowing unauthenticated remote attackers to exhaust CPU resources by submitting crafted ASN.1 data. The parser accepted indefinite-length encodings even in structures required to use DER (which explicitly prohibits them), and specific patterns of such encodings trigger O(n²) algorithmic behavior. …

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