CVE-2017-7252: Botan Project Botan

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Botan Project Botan: from 1.11.0, before 2.1.0 (fixed in 2.1.0)

Published 2023-11-03. Last modified 2026-06-17.