Upstream information

CVE-2026-44378 at MITRE

Description

Botan is a C++ cryptography library. Prior to 3.12.0, certain patterns of indefinite length encodings in BER data could cause quadratic behavior in the parser, resulting in a denial of service. Such BER encodings were accepted even in structures which are required to be encoded as DER, which prohibits indefinite length encodings. This vulnerability is fixed in 3.12.0.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Pending

This issue is currently rated as having important severity.

CVSS v3 Scores
CVSS detail SUSE
Base Score 7.5
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact High
CVSSv3 Version 3.1
CVSS v4 Scores
CVSS detail CNA (GitHub) SUSE
Base Score 6.9 8.7
Vector CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Attack Vector Network Network
Attack Complexity Low Low
Attack Requirements None None
Privileges Required None None
User Interaction None None
Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact None None
Vulnerable System Integrity Impact None None
Vulnerable System Availability Impact Low High
Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact None None
Subsequent System Integrity Impact None None
Subsequent System Availability Impact None None
CVSSv4 Version 4.0 4.0
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 1266745 [NEW]

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Status of this issue by product and package

Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.

Product(s) Source package State
Products under general support and receiving all security fixes.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7 MozillaThunderbird Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Package Hub 15 SP7 MozillaThunderbird Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP7 MozillaThunderbird Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP7 MozillaThunderbird Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15 SP7 MozillaThunderbird Affected
Products under Long Term Service Pack support and receiving important and critical security fixes.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 Botan Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5-LTSS Botan Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5-LTSS Extended Security Botan Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 MozillaThunderbird Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 MozillaThunderbird Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 MozillaThunderbird Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server LTSS Extended Security 12 SP5 Botan Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 Botan Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6 MozillaThunderbird Affected
Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 Botan Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1 Botan Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2 Botan Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3 Botan Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP4 Botan Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP2 MozillaThunderbird Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP3 MozillaThunderbird Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP4 MozillaThunderbird Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP5 MozillaThunderbird Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP6 MozillaThunderbird Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Package Hub 15 SP3 MozillaThunderbird Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Package Hub 15 SP4 MozillaThunderbird Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Package Hub 15 SP5 MozillaThunderbird Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Package Hub 15 SP6 MozillaThunderbird Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 Botan Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 Botan Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 Botan Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 Botan Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 Botan Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 MozillaThunderbird Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 MozillaThunderbird Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 Botan Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1 Botan Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 Botan Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 Botan Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4 Botan Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2 MozillaThunderbird Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3 MozillaThunderbird Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4 MozillaThunderbird Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5 MozillaThunderbird Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 Botan Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP1 Botan Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP2 Botan Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP3 Botan Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP4 Botan Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5 Botan Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15 SP2 MozillaThunderbird Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15 SP3 MozillaThunderbird Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15 SP4 MozillaThunderbird Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15 SP5 MozillaThunderbird Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15 SP6 MozillaThunderbird Affected
openSUSE Leap 15.3 MozillaThunderbird Affected
openSUSE Leap 15.4 MozillaThunderbird Affected
openSUSE Leap 15.5 MozillaThunderbird Affected
openSUSE Leap 15.6 MozillaThunderbird Affected


SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Wed May 27 22:01:39 2026
CVE page last modified: Thu May 28 15:31:06 2026