CVE-2026-74893

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Source

https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-74893

Import Source

https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-74893.json

JSON Data

https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2026-74893

Aliases

GHSA-qc6h-gfjh-7qqg

Published

2026-08-17T11:04:55.855Z

Modified

2026-08-19T03:48:59.823829862Z

Severity

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

Summary

openssl_encrypt before 1.4.0 JWT Token Forgery via Hardcoded Secrets

Details

opensslencrypt versions before 1.4.0 contain hardcoded default JWT signing secrets in config.py that pass validation checks. Attackers with access to source code can forge valid JWT tokens for any clientid to gain authenticated access to keyserver and telemetry APIs.

Database specific

{
    "cna_assigner": "VulnCheck",
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/74xxx/CVE-2026-74893.json",
    "cwe_ids": [
        "CWE-798"
    ]
}

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

{
    "extracted_events": [
        {
            "introduced": "0"
        },
        {
            "fixed": "1.4.0"
        }
    ],
    "source": [
        "AFFECTED_FIELD",
        "DESCRIPTION"
    ]
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-74893.json"