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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2022-43705

In Botan before 2.19.3, it is possible to forge OCSP responses due to a certificate verification error. This issue was introduced in Botan 1.11.34 (November 2016).

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CVE-2022-43705
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2 Nov 2026, 19:16 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2022-43705

core-osv · Original source

Published 27 Nov 2022, 00:00 UTC

In Botan before 2.19.3, it is possible to forge OCSP responses due to a certificate verification error. This issue was introduced in Botan 1.11.34 (November 2016).

osv:CVE-2022-43705
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-43705",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
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    "summary": "In Botan before 2.19.3, it is possible to forge OCSP responses due to a certificate verification error. This issue was introduced in Botan 1.11.34 (November 2016).",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2022-43705",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "critical",
    "structured": {
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      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2022-43705",
        "GHSA-4v9w-qvcq-6q7w"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
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                    "original_tag": "2.19.3"
                  },
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:botan_project:botan:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
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                      {
                        "introduced": "1.11.34"
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          ],
          "versions": [
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            "2.0.1",
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          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2022-43705.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:22.795694892Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/randombit/botan/releases/tag/2.19.3",
        "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/43xxx/CVE-2022-43705.json",
        "https://github.com/randombit/botan/security/advisories/GHSA-4v9w-qvcq-6q7w",
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-43705"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
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      }
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    "related_cves": [
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    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 489041,
  "published_at": "2022-11-27T00:00:00+00:00"
}