CVE-2026-32877 | randombit botan up to 3.10.x out-of-bounds (GHSA-7jj6-4r42-w9h6)
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A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in randombit botan up to 3.10.x . Impacted is an unknown function. The manipulation results in out-of-bounds read. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2026-32877 . The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.
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VDB-354283 · CVE-2026-32877 · GHSA-7JJ6-4R42-W9H6
RANDOMBIT BOTAN UP TO 3.10.X OUT-OF-BOUNDS
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CVSS Meta Temp Score Current Exploit Price (≈) CTI Interest Score
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Summaryinfo
A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in randombit botan up to 3.10.x. The affected element is an unknown function. This manipulation causes out-of-bounds. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2026-32877. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.
Detailsinfo
A vulnerability was found in randombit botan up to 3.10.x. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a out-of-bounds vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-125. The product reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:
Botan is a C++ cryptography library. From version 2.3.0 to before version 3.11.0, during SM2 decryption, the code that checked the authentication code value (C3) failed to check that the encoded value was of the expected length prior to comparison. An invalid ciphertext can cause a heap over-read of up to 31 bytes, resulting in a crash or potentially other undefined behavior. This issue has been patched in version 3.11.0.
It is possible to read the advisory at github.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2026-32877 since 03/16/2026. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.
Upgrading to version 3.11.0 eliminates this vulnerability.
Productinfo
Vendor
randombit
Name
botan
Version
3.0
3.1
3.2
3.3
3.4
3.5
3.6
3.7
3.8
3.9
3.10
License
open-source
Website
Product: https://github.com/randombit/botan/
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.7
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.6
VulDB Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Temp Score: 7.0
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CNA Base Score: 8.2
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Exploitinginfo
Class: Out-of-bounds
CWE: CWE-125 / CWE-119
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Status: Not defined
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Countermeasuresinfo
Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: botan 3.11.0
Timelineinfo
03/16/2026 CVE reserved
03/30/2026 +14 days VulDB entry created
03/31/2026 +0 days Advisory disclosed
03/31/2026 +0 days VulDB entry last update
Sourcesinfo
Product: github.com
Advisory: GHSA-7jj6-4r42-w9h6
Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2026-32877 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-32877
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-354283
Entryinfo
Created: 03/31/2026 00:23
Changes: 03/31/2026 00:23 (64)
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Cache ID: 99:5B4:101
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