CVE-2017-7252

HIGH

Botan 1.11.0-2.0.0 - Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information via bcrypt Password Hashing

Title source: llm

Description

bcrypt password hashing in Botan before 2.1.0 does not correctly handle passwords with a length between 57 and 72 characters, which makes it easier for attackers to determine the cleartext password.

References (2)

Core 2

Core References

Vendor Advisory

https://botan.randombit.net/security.html

Issue Tracking

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1034591

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5

EPSS 0.0032

EPSS Percentile 23.2%

Attack Vector NETWORK

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

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE

CWE-319

Status published

Products (1)

botan_project/botan 1.11.0 - 2.1.0

Published Nov 03, 2023

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026