01 Record
CVE-2026-118767
Botan: Python binding bcrypt APIs truncate passwords containing embedded NULs
MediumPUBLISHEDCNA: GitHub_M
CNA base score4.8 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
02 Description
Botan: Python binding bcrypt APIs truncate passwords containing embedded NULs
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- Not scored by EPSS
- EPSS percentile
- Not scored by EPSS
- NVD base score
- 4.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
- NVD analysis status
- Received. NVD last modified this record on 2026-10-29.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2026-10-29 17:17Z3 HR AGO
- Last updated
- 2026-10-29 17:17Z3 HR AGO
- Reserved
- 2026-10-28
- Assigning CNA
- GitHub_M
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Medium (CVSS 4.8)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-158Improper Neutralization of Null Byte or NUL CharacterVariant
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- 6b6d40da5b76644cef446a3a59ba88ce401ed4b3c850abb93f74fd52a83d24fc
05 Affected products
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