Critical severity9.8NVD Advisory· Published Apr 10, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2015-7826
CVE-2015-7826
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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Affected products
2cpe:2.3:a:botan_project:botan:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:botan_project:botan:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=1.11.21
- (no CPE)range: <1.11.22
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
2- botan.randombit.net/security.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
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