CVE-2026-118767

Botan is a C++ cryptography library. From 1.11.22 until 3.13.0, Botan's Python binding converted Python strings containing U+0000 to const char* values without consistently rejecting the embedded NUL, causing bcrypt and check_bcrypt to process only the prefix before the NUL. Applications could validate a longer password but hash a shorter effective value, allowing application password-policy bypass; scrypt and argon2 are unaffected. This issue is fixed in version 3.13.0.
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29 Oct 2026, 18:17

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Published : 2026-10-29 18:17

Updated : 2026-10-30 19:37


NVD link : CVE-2026-118767

Mitre link : CVE-2026-118767

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-118767


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CWE
CWE-158

Improper Neutralization of Null Byte or NUL Character