CVE-2015-7826
critical
CVSS v3
9.8
VIR risk
9.8
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.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
97%
Patch ETA
—
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
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Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| botan_project | botan | {"endIncluding":"1.11.21"} | |
References
CWEs
CWE-295
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Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.