Critical
Security advisory
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).
- Products
- Not specified
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2022-43705
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 2 Nov 2026, 19:16 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
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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],
"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"
],
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"source_id": "core-osv",
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"published_at": "2022-11-27T00:00:00+00:00"
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