Security advisory

{
  "id": "bacb12e2db62d4e0b682c8093f0d89d41efd75818eaa917252dc83f8460811ab",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-7252",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2017-7252",
    "summary": "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.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2017-7252",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2017-7252",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2017-7252"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/randombit/botan",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "ee912cd748a9b0bf56c84a49896dd2d57e0f81a6"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "7bdffd52a96e08e9452d1985258376a3925a497b"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:botan_project:botan:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "1.11.0"
                      },
                      {
                        "fixed": "2.1.0"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "2.0.1",
            "2.0.0",
            "1.11.34",
            "1.11.33",
            "1.11.32",
            "1.11.31",
            "1.11.30",
            "1.11.29",
            "1.11.28",
            "1.11.27",
            "1.11.26",
            "1.11.25",
            "1.11.24",
            "1.11.23",
            "1.11.22",
            "1.11.21",
            "1.11.20",
            "1.11.19",
            "1.11.18",
            "1.11.17",
            "1.11.16",
            "1.11.15",
            "1.11.14",
            "1.11.13",
            "1.11.12",
            "1.11.11",
            "1.11.10",
            "1.11.9",
            "1.11.8",
            "1.11.7",
            "1.11.6",
            "1.11.5",
            "1.11.3",
            "1.11.2",
            "1.11.0"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-7252.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:47.140977337Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://botan.randombit.net/security.html",
        "https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1034591"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2017-7252",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 436477,
  "published_at": "2023-11-03T01:15:07.777+00:00"
}