CVE-2026-32877 PUBLISHED

Botan: Heap Buffer Over-read in SM2 Decryption via Undersized C3 Hash Field

Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 16.03.2026 Published: 30.03.2026 Updated: 31.03.2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H
CVSS Score: 8.2

Product Status

Vendor randombit
Product botan
Versions
  • Version >= 2.3.0, < 3.11.0 is affected

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-125: Out-of-bounds Read CWE