CVE-2026-74892

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Source

https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-74892

Import Source

https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-74892.json

JSON Data

https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2026-74892

Aliases

GHSA-p926-6hjp-w9jw
PYSEC-2026-3746

Published

2026-08-17T11:04:55Z

Modified

2026-09-02T03:47:26Z

Severity

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

Summary

openssl_encrypt before 1.4.0 Hardcoded Secret Key

Details

openssl_encrypt versions before 1.4.0 contain a hardcoded default secret key in the standalone telemetry server configuration that is used for API key hashing. Attackers who know this default value can predict or forge API key hashes to compromise telemetry API authentication.

Database specific

{
    "cna_assigner": "VulnCheck",
    "cwe_ids": [
        "CWE-798"
    ],
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/74xxx/CVE-2026-74892.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-2026-74892.json"