CVE-2026-74872

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Source

https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-74872

Import Source

https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-74872.json

JSON Data

https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2026-74872

Aliases

Published

2026-08-17T11:04:41Z

Modified

2026-09-02T03:47:27Z

Severity

9.3 (Critical) CVSS_V4 - CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N CVSS Calculator

Summary

openssl_encrypt before 1.4.0 Arbitrary Code Execution via Whirlpool

Details

openssl_encrypt versions before 1.4.0 contain an arbitrary code execution vulnerability in the Whirlpool hash implementation that uses broad glob patterns to load .so modules without integrity verification. Attackers can place malicious .so files matching the whirlpoolpy313.so pattern in site-packages directories to achieve native code execution when the module is loaded.

Database specific

{
    "cna_assigner": "VulnCheck",
    "cwe_ids": [
        "CWE-426"
    ],
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/74xxx/CVE-2026-74872.json"
}

References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/jahlives/openssl_encrypt

Affected ranges

Type

GIT

Repo

https://github.com/jahlives/openssl_encrypt

Events

Introduced

Fixed

768df5cd1910e349509f07a27eeac6951e0003bf

Database specific

Show details

{
    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:jahlives:openssl_encrypt:*:*:*:*:*:python:*:*",
    "extracted_events": [
        {
            "introduced": "0"
        },
        {
            "fixed": "1.4.0"
        }
    ],
    "source": [
        "AFFECTED_FIELD",
        "CPE_RANGE"
    ]
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-74872.json"