CVE-2015-7826

9.8 CRITICAL
Published: April 10, 2017 Modified: May 13, 2026
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Description

botan 1.11.x before 1.11.22 improperly handles wildcard matching against hostnames, which might allow remote attackers to have unspecified impact via a valid X.509 certificate, as demonstrated by accepting *.example.com as a match for bar.foo.example.com.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0
Vector String
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://botan.randombit.net/security.html#id3
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1311620
Source: cve@mitre.org
Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://botan.randombit.net/security.html#id3
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1311620
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

4 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
9.8 / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
1.1%
62th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-295

Affected Vendors

botan_project

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