CVE-2026-32884

Medium

Description

Botan is a C++ cryptography library. Prior to version 3.11.0, during processing of an X.509 certificate path using name constraints which restrict the set of allowable DNS names, if no subject alternative name is defined in the end-entity certificate Botan would check that the CN was allowed by the DNS name constraints, even though this check is technically not required by RFC 5280. However this check failed to account for the possibility of a mixed-case CN. Thus a certificate with CN=Sub.EVIL.COM and no subject alternative name would bypasses an excludedSubtrees constraint for evil.com because the comparison is case-sensitive. This issue has been patched in version 3.11.0.

SeverityMedium
CVSS5.9
Exploit probability—
ProductBotan
PublishedMar 30, 2026
First seenMar 30, 2026
Weakness typeCWE-295CWE-295

How to fix

Update
  • botan_project botan3.11.0 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
botan_project botanv < 3.11.03.11.0

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CVE-2026-32884 · Botan · Dark Radar