Vulnerability · Published Apr 7, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M
CVE-2026-34582Botan has a TLS 1.3 certificate authentication bypass
Critical 9.1
In plain English
A critical-severity security flaw in botan from randombit. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 15% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Official description
Botan is a C++ cryptography library. Prior to version 3.11.1, the TLS 1.3 implementation allowed ApplicationData records to be processed prior to the Finished message being received. A server which is attempting to enforce client authentication via certificates can by bypassed by a client which entirely omits Certificate, CertificateVerify, and the Finished message and instead sends application data records. This vulnerability is fixed in 3.11.1.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine:v3.24 | botan3 | 3.11.1-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2026-34582 |
| Debian:13 | botan3 | 3.11.0+dfsg-2 | DEBIAN-CVE-2026-34582 |
| Debian:14 | botan3 | 3.11.0+dfsg-2 | DEBIAN-CVE-2026-34582 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | botan | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-34582 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | botan3 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-34582 |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | botan3 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-34582 |
| Ubuntu:26.10 | botan3 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-34582 |
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-841, CWE-166 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
References
- https://github.com/randombit/botan/security/advisories/GHSA-pxcj-9ppx-g86g x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-34582 vdb-entry, x_refsource_REDHAT
- RHBZ#2456285 issue-tracking, x_refsource_REDHAT
- https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-34582.json x_sadp-csaf-vex