CVE-2017-2801
A programming error exists in a way Randombit Botan cryptographic library version 2.0.1 implements x500 string comparisons which could…
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- talos
Description
A programming error exists in a way Randombit Botan cryptographic library version 2.0.1 implements x500 string comparisons which could lead to certificate verification issues and abuse. A specially crafted X509 certificate would need to be delivered to the client or server application in order to trigger this vulnerability.
Timeline
ID reserved
By talos
- 6 months later
· 6 months later
Published
- 7 years later
· 7 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| talosCNA (assigner) | 3.0 | Medium6.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.3% · top 29% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.5.
Weakness
- Certificate validation bypass
- CWE-125 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-125 and its CVEs
Affected products
References (3)
- 98106 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- DSA-3939 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- http://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0294 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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