UBUNTU-CVE-2026-118767

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-118767
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-118767.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-118767
Upstream
Published
2026-10-29T18:17:00Z
Modified
2026-11-05T04:42:51Z
Severity
  • 4.8 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

Botan is a C++ cryptography library. From 1.11.22 until 3.13.0, Botan's Python binding converted Python strings containing U+0000 to const char* values without consistently rejecting the embedded NUL, causing bcrypt and check_bcrypt to process only the prefix before the NUL. Applications could validate a longer password but hash a shorter effective value, allowing application password-policy bypass; scrypt and argon2 are unaffected. This issue is fixed in version 3.13.0.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS / botan

Package

Name
botan
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/botan?arch=source&distro=bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

2.*
2.4.0-3
2.4.0-4
2.4.0-5ubuntu1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "botan",
            "binary_version": "2.4.0-5ubuntu1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libbotan-2-4",
            "binary_version": "2.4.0-5ubuntu1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "python3-botan",
            "binary_version": "2.4.0-5ubuntu1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-118767.json"

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS / botan

Package

Name
botan
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/botan?arch=source&distro=focal

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

2.*
2.9.0-2
2.9.0-2build1
2.12.1-2
2.12.1-2build1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "botan",
            "binary_version": "2.12.1-2build1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libbotan-2-12",
            "binary_version": "2.12.1-2build1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "python3-botan",
            "binary_version": "2.12.1-2build1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-118767.json"

Ubuntu:Pro:22.04:LTS / botan

Package

Name
botan
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/botan?arch=source&distro=esm-apps%2Fjammy

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

2.*
2.17.3+dfsg-3
2.19.1+dfsg-2ubuntu1
2.19.1+dfsg-2ubuntu1+esm1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "botan",
            "binary_version": "2.19.1+dfsg-2ubuntu1+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libbotan-2-19",
            "binary_version": "2.19.1+dfsg-2ubuntu1+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "python3-botan",
            "binary_version": "2.19.1+dfsg-2ubuntu1+esm1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-118767.json"

Ubuntu:Pro:24.04:LTS / botan

Package

Name
botan
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/botan?arch=source&distro=esm-apps%2Fnoble

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

2.*
2.19.3+dfsg-1ubuntu1
2.19.3+dfsg-1ubuntu2
2.19.3+dfsg-1ubuntu2+esm1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "botan",
            "binary_version": "2.19.3+dfsg-1ubuntu2+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libbotan-2-19",
            "binary_version": "2.19.3+dfsg-1ubuntu2+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "python3-botan",
            "binary_version": "2.19.3+dfsg-1ubuntu2+esm1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-118767.json"